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Recognised as Colour

#A8B6DA

  • #A8B6DA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A8B6DA is a blue with RGB values 168, 182, 218 and HSL 223°, 40%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A8B6DA#A8B6DA
HEX#A8B6DA
RGBrgb(168, 182, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7137, 0.8549
RGB percentages65.9%, 71.4%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(223.2, 40.3%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.2, 22.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK22.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,056,858
CSS custom property--colour: #A8B6DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46843WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.37:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#574925

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB8DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B4D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9CBDC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.5Thistle · ΔE 15.9Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3Sky blue · ΔE 18.5Light blue · ΔE 18.8Silver · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DACCA8
Analogous#A8CFDA, #B3A8DA
Triadic#DAA8B6, #B6DAA8
Split complementary#DAB3A8, #CFDAA8
Tetradic#DAA8CF, #DACCA8, #A8DAB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F2F8
Lighter +10%#CCD4E9
Darker −10%#8498CB
Darker −20%#607ABC
Darker −30%#4660A3
Darker −40%#364B80
More saturated +25%#99AFEA
Less saturated −25%#B8BDCB

Channel breakdown

R168
G182
B218
Red168 (65.9%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue223.2°
Saturation (HSL)40.32%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G B6 · B DA

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