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Recognised as Colour

#A7BAFF

  • #A7BAFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#A7BAFF is a blue with RGB values 167, 186, 255 and HSL 227°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#A7BAFF#A7BAFF
HEX#A7BAFF
RGBrgb(167, 186, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.7294, 1
RGB percentages65.5%, 72.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(227, 100%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227, 34.5%, 100%)
CMYK34.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,992,383
CSS custom property--colour: #A7BAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.11:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#584500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4C0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB9FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8EC8D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.6Light skyblue · ΔE 21.9Light steelblue · ΔE 23.6Plum · ΔE 27.3Thistle · ΔE 27.4Steel blue · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 19.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFECA7
Analogous#A7E6FF, #C0A7FF
Triadic#FFA7BA, #BAFFA7
Split complementary#FFC0A7, #E6FFA7
Tetradic#FFA7E6, #FFECA7, #A7FFC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DAE2FF
Darker −10%#7492FF
Darker −20%#416AFF
Darker −30%#0E42FF
Darker −40%#002FDA
More saturated +25%#A7BAFF
Less saturated −25%#B2C0F4

Channel breakdown

R167
G186
B255
Red167 (65.5%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue227.05°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G BA · B FF

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