Colour

#A7BEFF

#A7BEFF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#A7BEFF is a blue with RGB values 167, 190, 255 and HSL 224°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#A7BEFF#A7BEFF

HEX#A7BEFF

RGBrgb(167, 190, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.7451, 1

RGB percentages65.5%, 74.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(224.3, 100%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 34.5%, 100%)

CMYK34.5%, 25.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,993,407

CSS custom property--colour: #A7BEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52262WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.45:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#584100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9C3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1BCFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#8DCBD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 19.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 21.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.5 Sky blue · ΔE 25.8 Thistle · ΔE 26.1 Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 19.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FFE8A7

Analogous#A7EAFF, #BCA7FF

Triadic#FFA7BE, #BEFFA7

Split complementary#FFBCA7, #EAFFA7

Tetradic#FFA7EA, #FFE8A7, #A7FFBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DAE4FF

Darker −10%#7498FF

Darker −20%#4173FF

Darker −30%#0E4DFF

Darker −40%#0039DA

More saturated +25%#A7BEFF

Less saturated −25%#B2C3F4

Channel breakdown

R167

G190

B255

Red167 (65.5%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue224.32°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness82.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A7 · G BE · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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