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Recognised as Colour

#A6AFFD

  • #A6AFFD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#A6AFFD is a blue with RGB values 166, 175, 253 and HSL 234°, 96%, 82%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#A6AFFD#A6AFFD
HEX#A6AFFD
RGBrgb(166, 175, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6863, 0.9922
RGB percentages65.1%, 68.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(233.8, 95.6%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.8, 34.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK34.4%, 30.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,924,029
CSS custom property--colour: #A6AFFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.17:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#595002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#91B1FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8EBECBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16Plum · ΔE 25.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 28Light skyblue · ΔE 28.6Steel blue · ΔE 29.2Light steelblue · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDF4A6
Analogous#A6DBFD, #C8A6FD
Triadic#FDA6AF, #AFFDA6
Split complementary#FDC9A6, #DAFDA6
Tetradic#FDA6DB, #FDF4A6, #A6FDC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D8DCFE
Darker −10%#7482FC
Darker −20%#4255FB
Darker −30%#1028FA
Darker −40%#051AD2
More saturated +25%#A4ADFF
Less saturated −25%#B1B8F2

Channel breakdown

R166
G175
B253
Red166 (65.1%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue233.79°
Saturation (HSL)95.6%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G AF · B FD

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