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Recognised as Colour

#A7BEE7

  • #A7BEE7
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A7BEE7 is a blue with RGB values 167, 190, 231 and HSL 218°, 57%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A7BEE7#A7BEE7
HEX#A7BEE7
RGBrgb(167, 190, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.7451, 0.9059
RGB percentages65.5%, 74.5%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(218.4, 57.1%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.4, 27.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK27.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,993,383
CSS custom property--colour: #A7BEE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.16:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#584118

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1C0E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AABAE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#96C6CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.4Light skyblue · ΔE 13.7Sky blue · ΔE 16.4Light blue · ΔE 18.3Thistle · ΔE 18.5Lavender · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7D0A7
Analogous#A7DEE7, #B0A7E7
Triadic#E7A7BE, #BEE7A7
Split complementary#E7B0A7, #DEE7A7
Tetradic#E7A7DE, #E7D0A7, #A7E7B0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F9FD
Lighter +10%#CFDCF2
Darker −10%#7FA0DC
Darker −20%#5783D1
Darker −30%#3567C1
Darker −40%#2A5198
More saturated +25%#99BAF5
Less saturated −25%#B5C2D9

Channel breakdown

R167
G190
B231
Red167 (65.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue218.44°
Saturation (HSL)57.14%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G BE · B E7

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