Colour

#A6BFFE

#A6BFFE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#A6BFFE is a blue with RGB values 166, 191, 254 and HSL 223°, 98%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#A6BFFE#A6BFFE

HEX#A6BFFE

RGBrgb(166, 191, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.749, 0.9961

RGB percentages65.1%, 74.9%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(223, 97.8%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223, 34.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK34.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,928,126

CSS custom property--colour: #A6BFFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.5:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#594001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AAC4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2BCFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#8CCCD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 20 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.3 Sky blue · ΔE 24.5 Thistle · ΔE 25.7 Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FEE5A6

Analogous#A6EBFE, #B9A6FE

Triadic#FEA6BF, #BFFEA6

Split complementary#FEB9A6, #EBFEA6

Tetradic#FEA6EB, #FEE5A6, #A6FEB9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D8E3FF

Darker −10%#749BFD

Darker −20%#4176FD

Darker −30%#0F52FC

Darker −40%#023ED6

More saturated +25%#A5BFFF

Less saturated −25%#B1C4F3

Channel breakdown

R166

G191

B254

Red166 (65.1%)

Green191 (74.9%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue222.95°

Saturation (HSL)97.78%

Lightness82.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G BF · B FE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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