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Colour

#A6B4D9

  • #A6B4D9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6B4D9 is a blue with RGB values 166, 180, 217 and HSL 224°, 40%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A6B4D9#A6B4D9
HEX#A6B4D9
RGBrgb(166, 180, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7059, 0.851
RGB percentages65.1%, 70.6%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(223.5, 40.2%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.5, 23.5%, 85.1%)
CMYK23.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,925,273
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B4D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.15:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#594B26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B7DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B2D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#99BBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.4Thistle · ΔE 16.3Light skyblue · ΔE 17.4Sky blue · ΔE 18.9Light blue · ΔE 19.6Light slate grey · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9CBA6
Analogous#A6CED9, #B1A6D9
Triadic#D9A6B4, #B4D9A6
Split complementary#D9B2A6, #CED9A6
Tetradic#D9A6CE, #D9CBA6, #A6D9B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF0F8
Lighter +10%#CAD2E8
Darker −10%#8296CA
Darker −20%#5F78BA
Darker −30%#455EA1
Darker −40%#36497D
More saturated +25%#96ADE9
Less saturated −25%#B6BBC9

Channel breakdown

R166
G180
B217
Red166 (65.1%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue223.53°
Saturation (HSL)40.16%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G B4 · B D9

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