Colour

#A5C0ED

#A5C0ED
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#A5C0ED is a blue with RGB values 165, 192, 237 and HSL 218°, 67%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A5C0ED#A5C0ED

HEX#A5C0ED

RGBrgb(165, 192, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.7529, 0.9294

RGB percentages64.7%, 75.3%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(217.5, 66.7%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.5, 30.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK30.4%, 19%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,862,829

CSS custom property--colour: #A5C0ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.36:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#5A3F12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B1C2EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9BCECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#90C9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4 Light skyblue · ΔE 12.6 Sky blue · ΔE 16.6 Light blue · ΔE 19.5 Thistle · ΔE 20.3 Lavender · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EDD2A5

Analogous#A5E4ED, #AEA5ED

Triadic#EDA5C0, #C0EDA5

Split complementary#EDAEA5, #E4EDA5

Tetradic#EDA5E4, #EDD2A5, #A5EDAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAFCFE

Lighter +10%#D0DEF6

Darker −10%#7AA2E5

Darker −20%#5084DC

Darker −30%#2968D0

Darker −40%#2153A5

More saturated +25%#98BDFB

Less saturated −25%#B3C3E0

Channel breakdown

R165

G192

B237

Red165 (64.7%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue217.5°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness78.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A5 · G C0 · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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