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Recognised as Colour

#A6B3D8

  • #A6B3D8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6B3D8 is a blue with RGB values 166, 179, 216 and HSL 224°, 39%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A6B3D8#A6B3D8
HEX#A6B3D8
RGBrgb(166, 179, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.702, 0.8471
RGB percentages65.1%, 70.2%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(224.4, 39.1%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 23.1%, 84.7%)
CMYK23.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,925,016
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B3D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.06:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#594C27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B6DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B2D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9ABABFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.7Thistle · ΔE 16.2Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9Sky blue · ΔE 19.3Light blue · ΔE 19.9Light slate grey · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8CBA6
Analogous#A6CCD8, #B2A6D8
Triadic#D8A6B3, #B3D8A6
Split complementary#D8B2A6, #CCD8A6
Tetradic#D8A6CC, #D8CBA6, #A6D8B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF0F7
Lighter +10%#C9D1E8
Darker −10%#8395C8
Darker −20%#5F76B9
Darker −30%#465D9F
Darker −40%#36487C
More saturated +25%#96ABE8
Less saturated −25%#B6BBC8

Channel breakdown

R166
G179
B216
Red166 (65.1%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue224.4°
Saturation (HSL)39.06%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G B3 · B D8

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