Colour

#A6B9FF

#A6B9FF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#A6B9FF is a blue with RGB values 166, 185, 255 and HSL 227°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#A6B9FF#A6B9FF

HEX#A6B9FF

RGBrgb(166, 185, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7255, 1

RGB percentages65.1%, 72.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(227.2, 100%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(227.2, 34.9%, 100%)

CMYK34.9%, 27.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,926,591

CSS custom property--colour: #A6B9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#594600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3C0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#9BB8FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#8CC7D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 19 Light skyblue · ΔE 22.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 24.2 Plum · ΔE 27.3 Steel blue · ΔE 27.7 Thistle · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FFECA6

Analogous#A6E5FF, #C0A6FF

Triadic#FFA6B9, #B9FFA6

Split complementary#FFC0A6, #E5FFA6

Tetradic#FFA6E5, #FFECA6, #A6FFC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D9E1FF

Darker −10%#7391FF

Darker −20%#4069FF

Darker −30%#0D41FF

Darker −40%#002ED9

More saturated +25%#A6B9FF

Less saturated −25%#B1BFF4

Channel breakdown

R166

G185

B255

Red166 (65.1%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue227.19°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness82.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G B9 · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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