Recognised as Colour

#A4BBDA

#A4BBDA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#A4BBDA is a blue with RGB values 164, 187, 218 and HSL 214°, 42%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A4BBDA#A4BBDA

HEX#A4BBDA

RGBrgb(164, 187, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.7333, 0.8549

RGB percentages64.3%, 73.3%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(214.4, 42.2%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(214.4, 24.8%, 85.5%)

CMYK24.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,795,994

CSS custom property--colour: #A4BBDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.7:1

Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#5B4425

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0BCDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AAB7D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#95C2C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.4 Light blue · ΔE 14.7 Sky blue · ΔE 14.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 15 Thistle · ΔE 17.5 Silver · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.42, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DAC3A4

Analogous#A4D6DA, #A8A4DA

Triadic#DAA4BB, #BBDAA4

Split complementary#DAA8A4, #D6DAA4

Tetradic#DAA4D6, #DAC3A4, #A4DAA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EDF1F7

Lighter +10%#C8D6E9

Darker −10%#80A0CB

Darker −20%#5B85BD

Darker −30%#426BA3

Darker −40%#33537F

More saturated +25%#94B9EA

Less saturated −25%#B4BDCA

Channel breakdown

R164

G187

B218

Red164 (64.3%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue214.44°

Saturation (HSL)42.19%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A4 · G BB · B DA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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