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Recognised as Colour

#A6BDDD

  • #A6BDDD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6BDDD is a blue with RGB values 166, 189, 221 and HSL 215°, 45%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A6BDDD#A6BDDD
HEX#A6BDDD
RGBrgb(166, 189, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7412, 0.8667
RGB percentages65.1%, 74.1%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(214.9, 44.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.9, 24.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK24.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,927,581
CSS custom property--colour: #A6BDDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.94:1
Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#594222

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2BEDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB9DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#97C4C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.3Light skyblue · ΔE 14.6Light blue · ΔE 14.7Sky blue · ΔE 14.7Thistle · ΔE 17.4Silver · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.26, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDC6A6
Analogous#A6D8DD, #ABA6DD
Triadic#DDA6BD, #BDDDA6
Split complementary#DDABA6, #D8DDA6
Tetradic#DDA6D8, #DDC6A6, #A6DDAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F4F9
Lighter +10%#CBD8EB
Darker −10%#81A2CF
Darker −20%#5C86C1
Darker −30%#416CA9
Darker −40%#335584
More saturated +25%#97BAEC
Less saturated −25%#B5C0CE

Channel breakdown

R166
G189
B221
Red166 (65.1%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue214.91°
Saturation (HSL)44.72%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G BD · B DD

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