Colour

#A6C4FA

#A6C4FA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#A6C4FA is a blue with RGB values 166, 196, 250 and HSL 219°, 89%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#A6C4FA#A6C4FA

HEX#A6C4FA

RGBrgb(166, 196, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7686, 0.9804

RGB percentages65.1%, 76.9%, 98%

HSLhsl(218.6, 89.4%, 81.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.6, 33.6%, 98%)

CMYK33.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,929,402

CSS custom property--colour: #A6C4FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.9:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#593B05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2C7FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9BFF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8DCFD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1 Sky blue · ΔE 19.3 Light blue · ΔE 23.3 Thistle · ΔE 23.3 Lavender · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FADCA6

Analogous#A6EEFA, #B2A6FA

Triadic#FAA6C4, #C4FAA6

Split complementary#FAB2A6, #EEFAA6

Tetradic#FAA6EE, #FADCA6, #A6FAB2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D6E4FD

Darker −10%#76A4F7

Darker −20%#4584F5

Darker −30%#1564F2

Darker −40%#0B4FC9

More saturated +25%#A1C3FF

Less saturated −25%#B2C7EE

Channel breakdown

R166

G196

B250

Red166 (65.1%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue218.57°

Saturation (HSL)89.36%

Lightness81.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G C4 · B FA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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