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Recognised as Colour

#A6BBEF

  • #A6BBEF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6BBEF is a blue with RGB values 166, 187, 239 and HSL 223°, 70%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A6BBEF#A6BBEF
HEX#A6BBEF
RGBrgb(166, 187, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7333, 0.9373
RGB percentages65.1%, 73.3%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(222.7, 69.5%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.7, 30.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK30.5%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,927,087
CSS custom property--colour: #A6BBEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4988WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.98:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#594410

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABFF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B8EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#92C5CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 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 text10.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.4Light skyblue · ΔE 15.9Sky blue · ΔE 20.9Thistle · ΔE 21.2Light blue · ΔE 24.1Lavender · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFDAA6
Analogous#A6E0EF, #B6A6EF
Triadic#EFA6BB, #BBEFA6
Split complementary#EFB6A6, #E0EFA6
Tetradic#EFA6E0, #EFDAA6, #A6EFB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFDFF
Lighter +10%#D1DCF7
Darker −10%#7B9AE7
Darker −20%#5079DF
Darker −30%#2659D6
Darker −40%#1F47AA
More saturated +25%#99B5FC
Less saturated −25%#B3C1E2

Channel breakdown

R166
G187
B239
Red166 (65.1%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue222.74°
Saturation (HSL)69.52%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G BB · B EF

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