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Recognised as Colour

#A6B2CF

  • #A6B2CF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6B2CF is a blue with RGB values 166, 178, 207 and HSL 222°, 30%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A6B2CF#A6B2CF
HEX#A6B2CF
RGBrgb(166, 178, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.698, 0.8118
RGB percentages65.1%, 69.8%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(222.4, 29.9%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 19.8%, 81.2%)
CMYK19.8%, 14%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,924,751
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B2CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44453WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.1 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#B2B2B2
Inverted#594D30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B4D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B0CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9CB8BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 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

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.8Thistle · ΔE 15.2Dark grey · ΔE 16.5Silver · ΔE 17Light blue · ΔE 17.7Light slate grey · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFC3A6
Analogous#A6C6CF, #AFA6CF
Triadic#CFA6B2, #B2CFA6
Split complementary#CFAFA6, #C7CFA6
Tetradic#CFA6C7, #CFC3A6, #A6CFAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8EBF3
Lighter +10%#C7CFE1
Darker −10%#8595BD
Darker −20%#6479AB
Darker −30%#4D608F
Darker −40%#3B4A6E
More saturated +25%#95ABE0
Less saturated −25%#B7B9BE

Channel breakdown

R166
G178
B207
Red166 (65.1%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue222.44°
Saturation (HSL)29.93%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G B2 · B CF

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