Colour

#A8B8FC

#A8B8FC
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Nearest: Cornflower blue

#A8B8FC is a blue with RGB values 168, 184, 252 and HSL 229°, 93%, 82%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#A8B8FC

RGBrgb(168, 184, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7216, 0.9882

RGB percentages65.9%, 72.2%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(228.6, 93.3%, 82.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(228.6, 33.3%, 98.8%)

CMYK33.3%, 27%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,057,404

CSS custom property--colour: #A8B8FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49634WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.93:1

Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#574703

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3BFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9CB8FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#90C5D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 22.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 23.3 Plum · ΔE 26.3 Thistle · ΔE 26.7 Steel blue · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 19.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FCECA8

Analogous#A8E2FC, #C2A8FC

Triadic#FCA8B8, #B8FCA8

Split complementary#FCC2A8, #E2FCA8

Tetradic#FCA8E2, #FCECA8, #A8FCC2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D9E0FE

Darker −10%#7790FA

Darker −20%#4568F9

Darker −30%#143FF7

Darker −40%#072ED1

More saturated +25%#A5B6FF

Less saturated −25%#B3BFF1

Channel breakdown

R168

G184

B252

Red168 (65.9%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue228.57°

Saturation (HSL)93.33%

Lightness82.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G B8 · B FC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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