Colour

#A7C6FB

#A7C6FB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#A7C6FB is a blue with RGB values 167, 198, 251 and HSL 218°, 91%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#A7C6FB#A7C6FB

HEX#A7C6FB

RGBrgb(167, 198, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.7765, 0.9843

RGB percentages65.5%, 77.6%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(217.9, 91.3%, 82%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.9, 33.5%, 98.4%)

CMYK33.5%, 21.1%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,995,451

CSS custom property--colour: #A7C6FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.11:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#583904

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4C9FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABC1FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#8ED1D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6 Sky blue · ΔE 18.6 Light blue · ΔE 22.5 Thistle · ΔE 23.2 Lavender · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FBDCA7

Analogous#A7F0FB, #B2A7FB

Triadic#FBA7C6, #C6FBA7

Split complementary#FBB2A7, #F0FBA7

Tetradic#FBA7F0, #FBDCA7, #A7FBB2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D8E6FD

Darker −10%#76A6F9

Darker −20%#4587F7

Darker −30%#1567F4

Darker −40%#0951CD

More saturated +25%#A3C5FF

Less saturated −25%#B3C9EF

Channel breakdown

R167

G198

B251

Red167 (65.5%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue217.86°

Saturation (HSL)91.3%

Lightness81.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A7 · G C6 · B FB

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Colour values

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