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Colour

#A7B8DF

  • #A7B8DF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A7B8DF is a blue with RGB values 167, 184, 223 and HSL 222°, 47%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A7B8DF#A7B8DF
HEX#A7B8DF
RGBrgb(167, 184, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.7216, 0.8745
RGB percentages65.5%, 72.2%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(221.8, 46.7%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.8, 25.1%, 87.5%)
CMYK25.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,991,839
CSS custom property--colour: #A7B8DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.56:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#584720

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACBBE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B6DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#99C0C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16Thistle · ΔE 17Sky blue · ΔE 18.1Light blue · ΔE 19.1Lavender · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFCEA7
Analogous#A7D4DF, #B2A7DF
Triadic#DFA7B8, #B8DFA7
Split complementary#DFB2A7, #D4DFA7
Tetradic#DFA7D4, #DFCEA7, #A7DFB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F4FA
Lighter +10%#CCD6ED
Darker −10%#829AD1
Darker −20%#5C7CC4
Darker −30%#3F61AE
Darker −40%#324C88
More saturated +25%#98B2EE
Less saturated −25%#B6BED0

Channel breakdown

R167
G184
B223
Red167 (65.5%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue221.79°
Saturation (HSL)46.67%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G B8 · B DF

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