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Recognised as Colour

#A6B1D0

  • #A6B1D0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6B1D0 is a blue with RGB values 166, 177, 208 and HSL 224°, 31%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A6B1D0#A6B1D0
HEX#A6B1D0
RGBrgb(166, 177, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6941, 0.8157
RGB percentages65.1%, 69.4%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(224.3, 30.9%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 20.2%, 81.6%)
CMYK20.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,924,496
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B1D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.82:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#594E2F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B3D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B0CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9CB7BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.6Thistle · ΔE 15.2Dark grey · ΔE 17.4Silver · ΔE 18Light slate grey · ΔE 18.1Light blue · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0C5A6
Analogous#A6C6D0, #B0A6D0
Triadic#D0A6B1, #B1D0A6
Split complementary#D0B0A6, #C6D0A6
Tetradic#D0A6C6, #D0C5A6, #A6D0B0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9ECF3
Lighter +10%#C7CEE2
Darker −10%#8594BE
Darker −20%#6377AD
Darker −30%#4C5E91
Darker −40%#3B496F
More saturated +25%#95A9E1
Less saturated −25%#B7B9BF

Channel breakdown

R166
G177
B208
Red166 (65.1%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue224.29°
Saturation (HSL)30.88%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G B1 · B D0

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