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Recognised as Colour

#A8B2D0

  • #A8B2D0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A8B2D0 is a blue with RGB values 168, 178, 208 and HSL 225°, 30%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A8B2D0#A8B2D0
HEX#A8B2D0
RGBrgb(168, 178, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.698, 0.8157
RGB percentages65.9%, 69.8%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(225, 29.9%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 19.2%, 81.6%)
CMYK19.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,055,824
CSS custom property--colour: #A8B2D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4472WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.94:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#574D2F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B4D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B1CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9FB8BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.1Thistle · ΔE 14.6Dark grey · ΔE 16.9Silver · ΔE 17.3Light slate grey · ΔE 18.3Light blue · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0C6A8
Analogous#A8C6D0, #B2A8D0
Triadic#D0A8B2, #B2D0A8
Split complementary#D0B2A8, #C6D0A8
Tetradic#D0A8C6, #D0C6A8, #A8D0B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAEDF4
Lighter +10%#C9CFE2
Darker −10%#8795BE
Darker −20%#6677AC
Darker −30%#4E5F91
Darker −40%#3C4970
More saturated +25%#97AAE1
Less saturated −25%#B9BABF

Channel breakdown

R168
G178
B208
Red168 (65.9%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)29.85%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G B2 · B D0

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