Colour

#A5B5FF

#A5B5FF
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Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#A5B5FF is a blue with RGB values 165, 181, 255 and HSL 229°, 100%, 82%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#A5B5FF#A5B5FF

HEX#A5B5FF

RGBrgb(165, 181, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.7098, 1

RGB percentages64.7%, 71%, 100%

HSLhsl(229.3, 100%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.3, 35.3%, 100%)

CMYK35.3%, 29%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,860,031

CSS custom property--colour: #A5B5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.65:1

Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#5A4A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9DBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#97B5FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#8BC3CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 25 Plum · ΔE 26.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 26.7 Steel blue · ΔE 28.2 Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FFEFA5

Analogous#A5E2FF, #C2A5FF

Triadic#FFA5B5, #B5FFA5

Split complementary#FFC2A5, #E2FFA5

Tetradic#FFA5E2, #FFEFA5, #A5FFC2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D8DFFF

Darker −10%#728BFF

Darker −20%#3F61FF

Darker −30%#0C37FF

Darker −40%#0026D8

More saturated +25%#A5B5FF

Less saturated −25%#B0BCF4

Channel breakdown

R165

G181

B255

Red165 (64.7%)

Green181 (71%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue229.33°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness82.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A5 · G B5 · B FF

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Colour values

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