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Recognised as Colour

#A6C4E9

  • #A6C4E9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6C4E9 is a blue with RGB values 166, 196, 233 and HSL 213°, 60%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A6C4E9#A6C4E9
HEX#A6C4E9
RGBrgb(166, 196, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7686, 0.9137
RGB percentages65.1%, 76.9%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(213.1, 60.4%, 78.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.1, 28.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK28.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,929,385
CSS custom property--colour: #A6C4E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.69:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#593B16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C5EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFBEE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#93CCD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.5Light skyblue · ΔE 11.5Sky blue · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 14.8Lavender · ΔE 19Thistle · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9CBA6
Analogous#A6E6E9, #A9A6E9
Triadic#E9A6C4, #C4E9A6
Split complementary#E9AAA6, #E5E9A6
Tetradic#E9A6E6, #E9CBA6, #A6E9AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8FAFD
Lighter +10%#CFDFF3
Darker −10%#7DA9DF
Darker −20%#548ED5
Darker −30%#3173C5
Darker −40%#275B9C
More saturated +25%#98C3F7
Less saturated −25%#B4C5DB

Channel breakdown

R166
G196
B233
Red166 (65.1%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue213.13°
Saturation (HSL)60.36%
Lightness78.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G C4 · B E9

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