Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#A7CADD

  • #A7CADD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A7CADD is a blue with RGB values 167, 202, 221 and HSL 201°, 44%, 76%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#A7CADD#A7CADD
HEX#A7CADD
RGBrgb(167, 202, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.7922, 0.8667
RGB percentages65.5%, 79.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(201.1, 44.3%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.1, 24.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK24.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,996,445
CSS custom property--colour: #A7CADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.14:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#583522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C8DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#97CFD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 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 text12.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.9Light steelblue · ΔE 6.5Powder blue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 10.9Silver · ΔE 15.3Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDBAA7
Analogous#A7DDD5, #A7AFDD
Triadic#DDA7CA, #CADDA7
Split complementary#DDA7AF, #DDD5A7
Tetradic#D5A7DD, #DDBAA7, #AFDDA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F6F9
Lighter +10%#CCE0EB
Darker −10%#82B4CF
Darker −20%#5D9EC1
Darker −30%#4185AA
Darker −40%#336885
More saturated +25%#98CFEC
Less saturated −25%#B6C5CE

Channel breakdown

R167
G202
B221
Red167 (65.5%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue201.11°
Saturation (HSL)44.26%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G CA · B DD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “a7cadd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.