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Colour

#A6B5DD

  • #A6B5DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6B5DD is a blue with RGB values 166, 181, 221 and HSL 224°, 45%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A6B5DD#A6B5DD
HEX#A6B5DD
RGBrgb(166, 181, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7098, 0.8667
RGB percentages65.1%, 71%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(223.6, 44.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 24.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK24.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,925,533
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B5DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46375WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.28:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#594A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B8DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B3DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#98BDC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Light skyblue · ΔE 16.9Thistle · ΔE 17.1Sky blue · ΔE 19.2Light blue · ΔE 20.4Light slate grey · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDCEA6
Analogous#A6D1DD, #B3A6DD
Triadic#DDA6B5, #B5DDA6
Split complementary#DDB3A6, #D1DDA6
Tetradic#DDA6D1, #DDCEA6, #A6DDB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F2F9
Lighter +10%#CBD4EB
Darker −10%#8196CF
Darker −20%#5C78C1
Darker −30%#415DA9
Darker −40%#334984
More saturated +25%#97AEEC
Less saturated −25%#B5BCCE

Channel breakdown

R166
G181
B221
Red166 (65.1%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue223.64°
Saturation (HSL)44.72%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G B5 · B DD

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