Colour

#A6ACF9

#A6ACF9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#A6ACF9 is a blue with RGB values 166, 172, 249 and HSL 236°, 87%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#A6ACF9

RGBrgb(166, 172, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6745, 0.9765

RGB percentages65.1%, 67.5%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(235.7, 87.4%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(235.7, 33.3%, 97.6%)

CMYK33.3%, 30.9%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,923,257

CSS custom property--colour: #A6ACF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44452WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.89:1

Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#595306

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#94B5FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#90AFF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Tritanopia#90BAC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16 Plum · ΔE 24.1 Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.3 Steel blue · ΔE 28.8 Light skyblue · ΔE 29.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F9F3A6

Analogous#A6D6F9, #C9A6F9

Triadic#F9A6AC, #ACF9A6

Split complementary#F9C9A6, #D6F9A6

Tetradic#F9A6D6, #F9F3A6, #A6F9C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D6D9FC

Darker −10%#767FF6

Darker −20%#4653F3

Darker −30%#1726EF

Darker −40%#0D1BC6

More saturated +25%#A0A7FF

Less saturated −25%#B2B6ED

Channel breakdown

R166

G172

B249

Red166 (65.1%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue235.66°

Saturation (HSL)87.37%

Lightness81.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G AC · B F9

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