Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#A5B9DE

  • #A5B9DE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A5B9DE is a blue with RGB values 165, 185, 222 and HSL 219°, 46%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A5B9DE#A5B9DE
HEX#A5B9DE
RGBrgb(165, 185, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.7255, 0.8706
RGB percentages64.7%, 72.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(218.9, 46.3%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.9, 25.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK25.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,861,022
CSS custom property--colour: #A5B9DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47971WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.59:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#5A4621

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBBE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B6DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#96C0C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.1Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Thistle · ΔE 17.4Light blue · ΔE 17.8Lavender · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECAA5
Analogous#A5D5DE, #AEA5DE
Triadic#DEA5B9, #B9DEA5
Split complementary#DEAEA5, #D5DEA5
Tetradic#DEA5D5, #DECAA5, #A5DEAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F3F9
Lighter +10%#CAD6EC
Darker −10%#809CD0
Darker −20%#5A7FC3
Darker −30%#3F65AB
Darker −40%#314F86
More saturated +25%#96B4ED
Less saturated −25%#B4BECF

Channel breakdown

R165
G185
B222
Red165 (64.7%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue218.95°
Saturation (HSL)46.34%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G B9 · B DE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “a5b9de” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.