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Recognised as Colour

#A6B9CC

  • #A6B9CC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6B9CC is a blue with RGB values 166, 185, 204 and HSL 210°, 27%, 73%. 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

#A6B9CC#A6B9CC
HEX#A6B9CC
RGBrgb(166, 185, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7255, 0.8
RGB percentages65.1%, 72.5%, 80%
HSLhsl(210, 27.1%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 18.6%, 80%)
CMYK18.6%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,926,540
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B9CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.43:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#594633

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B9CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB5CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9CBDBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.5Silver · ΔE 12.5Light blue · ΔE 12.7Dark grey · ΔE 13Light grey · ΔE 15.8Sky blue · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCB9A6
Analogous#A6CCCC, #A6A6CC
Triadic#CCA6B9, #B9CCA6
Split complementary#CCA6A6, #CCCCA6
Tetradic#CCA6CC, #CCB9A6, #A6CCA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7ECF1
Lighter +10%#C6D3DF
Darker −10%#86A0B9
Darker −20%#6586A7
Darker −30%#4F6D8A
Darker −40%#3C536A
More saturated +25%#95B9DE
Less saturated −25%#B8B9BB

Channel breakdown

R166
G185
B204
Red166 (65.1%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)27.14%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G B9 · B CC

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