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Recognised as Colour

#A5DAFD

  • #A5DAFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#A5DAFD is a blue with RGB values 165, 218, 253 and HSL 204°, 96%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#A5DAFD#A5DAFD
HEX#A5DAFD
RGBrgb(165, 218, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.8549, 0.9922
RGB percentages64.7%, 85.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(203.9, 95.7%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.9, 34.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK34.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,869,501
CSS custom property--colour: #A5DAFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.05:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#5A2502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BECFFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Tritanopia#87E3E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8Sky blue · ΔE 8.2Light blue · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1Powder blue · ΔE 15.5Lavender · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDC8A5
Analogous#A5FDF4, #A5AEFD
Triadic#FDA5DA, #DAFDA5
Split complementary#FDA5AE, #FDF4A5
Tetradic#F4A5FD, #FDC8A5, #AEFDA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7EFFE
Darker −10%#73C5FC
Darker −20%#41B1FB
Darker −30%#0F9CFA
Darker −40%#0580D1
More saturated +25%#A3DAFF
Less saturated −25%#B1D8F2

Channel breakdown

R165
G218
B253
Red165 (64.7%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue203.86°
Saturation (HSL)95.65%
Lightness81.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G DA · B FD

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