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Recognised as Colour

#A6B6DE

  • #A6B6DE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6B6DE is a blue with RGB values 166, 182, 222 and HSL 223°, 46%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A6B6DE#A6B6DE
HEX#A6B6DE
RGBrgb(166, 182, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7137, 0.8706
RGB percentages65.1%, 71.4%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(222.9, 45.9%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 25.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK25.2%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,925,790
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B6DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.37:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#594921

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB9E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5B4DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#98BEC3no 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 text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Thistle · ΔE 17.2Sky blue · ΔE 18.8Light blue · ΔE 20.1Lavender · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECEA6
Analogous#A6D2DE, #B2A6DE
Triadic#DEA6B6, #B6DEA6
Split complementary#DEB2A6, #D2DEA6
Tetradic#DEA6D2, #DECEA6, #A6DEB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F3FA
Lighter +10%#CBD5EC
Darker −10%#8197D0
Darker −20%#5C79C2
Darker −30%#405EAB
Darker −40%#324A86
More saturated +25%#97AFED
Less saturated −25%#B5BDCF

Channel breakdown

R166
G182
B222
Red166 (65.1%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)45.9%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G B6 · B DE

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