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Recognised as Colour

#A4B2D5

  • #A4B2D5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A4B2D5 is a blue with RGB values 164, 178, 213 and HSL 223°, 37%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A4B2D5#A4B2D5
HEX#A4B2D5
RGBrgb(164, 178, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.698, 0.8353
RGB percentages64.3%, 69.8%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(222.9, 36.8%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 23%, 83.5%)
CMYK23%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,793,685
CSS custom property--colour: #A4B2D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.91:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#5B4D2A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7B4D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B0D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#98B9BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.2Thistle · ΔE 16.4Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9Sky blue · ΔE 18.9Light slate grey · ΔE 19.2Light blue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5C7A4
Analogous#A4CBD5, #AFA4D5
Triadic#D5A4B2, #B2D5A4
Split complementary#D5AFA4, #CBD5A4
Tetradic#D5A4CB, #D5C7A4, #A4D5AF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAEDF5
Lighter +10%#C7D0E5
Darker −10%#8194C5
Darker −20%#5E77B5
Darker −30%#475E99
Darker −40%#374976
More saturated +25%#93ABE6
Less saturated −25%#B5B9C4

Channel breakdown

R164
G178
B213
Red164 (64.3%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)36.84%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G B2 · B D5

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