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Colour

#A7BAEE

  • #A7BAEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A7BAEE is a blue with RGB values 167, 186, 238 and HSL 224°, 68%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A7BAEE#A7BAEE
HEX#A7BAEE
RGBrgb(167, 186, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.7294, 0.9333
RGB percentages65.5%, 72.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(223.9, 67.6%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.9, 29.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK29.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,992,366
CSS custom property--colour: #A7BAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.9:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#584511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AABEF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B8EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#94C4CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Thistle · ΔE 20.9Sky blue · ΔE 21.4Light blue · ΔE 24.4Lavender · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEDBA7
Analogous#A7DDEE, #B8A7EE
Triadic#EEA7BA, #BAEEA7
Split complementary#EEB8A7, #DDEEA7
Tetradic#EEA7DD, #EEDBA7, #A7EEB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFDFF
Lighter +10%#D2DCF6
Darker −10%#7C98E6
Darker −20%#5277DD
Darker −30%#2956D3
Darker −40%#2145A8
More saturated +25%#9AB4FB
Less saturated −25%#B4C0E1

Channel breakdown

R167
G186
B238
Red167 (65.5%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue223.94°
Saturation (HSL)67.62%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G BA · B EE

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