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Recognised as Colour

#A6B2D5

  • #A6B2D5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6B2D5 is a blue with RGB values 166, 178, 213 and HSL 225°, 36%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A6B2D5#A6B2D5
HEX#A6B2D5
RGBrgb(166, 178, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.698, 0.8353
RGB percentages65.1%, 69.8%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(224.7, 35.9%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.7, 22.1%, 83.5%)
CMYK22.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,924,757
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B2D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.95:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#594D2A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B5D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B1D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9BB9BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Thistle · ΔE 15.8Light skyblue · ΔE 18.4Light slate grey · ΔE 19.4Sky blue · ΔE 19.4Light blue · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5C9A6
Analogous#A6CAD5, #B2A6D5
Triadic#D5A6B2, #B2D5A6
Split complementary#D5B2A6, #CAD5A6
Tetradic#D5A6CA, #D5C9A6, #A6D5B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBEEF6
Lighter +10%#C9D0E5
Darker −10%#8394C5
Darker −20%#6176B4
Darker −30%#485D9A
Darker −40%#384877
More saturated +25%#96AAE5
Less saturated −25%#B6BAC5

Channel breakdown

R166
G178
B213
Red166 (65.1%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue224.68°
Saturation (HSL)35.88%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G B2 · B D5

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