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Recognised as Colour

#A7B1CB

  • #A7B1CB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A7B1CB is a blue with RGB values 167, 177, 203 and HSL 223°, 26%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A7B1CB#A7B1CB
HEX#A7B1CB
RGBrgb(167, 177, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.6941, 0.7961
RGB percentages65.5%, 69.4%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(223.3, 25.7%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.3, 17.7%, 79.6%)
CMYK17.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,990,027
CSS custom property--colour: #A7B1CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43972WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.79:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#584E34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B3CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B0CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9FB6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.1Thistle · ΔE 14.7Dark grey · ΔE 14.8Silver · ΔE 15.5Light slate grey · ΔE 17.1Light blue · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBC1A7
Analogous#A7C3CB, #AFA7CB
Triadic#CBA7B1, #B1CBA7
Split complementary#CBAFA7, #C3CBA7
Tetradic#CBA7C3, #CBC1A7, #A7CBAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7EAF1
Lighter +10%#C7CDDE
Darker −10%#8795B8
Darker −20%#6778A5
Darker −30%#516088
Darker −40%#3E4A68
More saturated +25%#96A9DD
Less saturated −25%#B9B9B9

Channel breakdown

R167
G177
B203
Red167 (65.5%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue223.33°
Saturation (HSL)25.71%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G B1 · B CB

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