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Recognised as Colour

#A6BCCA

  • #A6BCCA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6BCCA is a blue with RGB values 166, 188, 202 and HSL 203°, 25%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A6BCCA#A6BCCA
HEX#A6BCCA
RGBrgb(166, 188, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7373, 0.7922
RGB percentages65.1%, 73.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(203.3, 25.4%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.3, 17.8%, 79.2%)
CMYK17.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,927,306
CSS custom property--colour: #A6BCCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.67:1
Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#594335

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6BBCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B7CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9CC0C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.4Silver · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 11Dark grey · ΔE 12.1Light grey · ΔE 14.2Powder blue · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAB4A6
Analogous#A6CAC6, #A6AACA
Triadic#CAA6BC, #BCCAA6
Split complementary#CAA6AA, #CAC6A6
Tetradic#C6A6CA, #CAB4A6, #AACAA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6ECF0
Lighter +10%#C6D4DD
Darker −10%#86A4B7
Darker −20%#668CA4
Darker −30%#507287
Darker −40%#3D5767
More saturated +25%#94C0DC
Less saturated −25%#B8B8B8

Channel breakdown

R166
G188
B202
Red166 (65.1%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue203.33°
Saturation (HSL)25.35%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G BC · B CA

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