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Recognised as Colour

#A8BCDB

  • #A8BCDB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A8BCDB is a blue with RGB values 168, 188, 219 and HSL 216°, 41%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A8BCDB#A8BCDB
HEX#A8BCDB
RGBrgb(168, 188, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7373, 0.8588
RGB percentages65.9%, 73.7%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(216.5, 41.5%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.5, 23.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK23.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,058,395
CSS custom property--colour: #A8BCDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.88:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#574324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2BDDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB8DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9BC2C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 3.9Light blue · ΔE 14.9Sky blue · ΔE 15.5Light skyblue · ΔE 15.7Thistle · ΔE 16.4Silver · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 3.94, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBC7A8
Analogous#A8D5DB, #AEA8DB
Triadic#DBA8BC, #BCDBA8
Split complementary#DBADA8, #D6DBA8
Tetradic#DBA8D5, #DBC7A8, #A8DBAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F4F9
Lighter +10%#CCD8EA
Darker −10%#84A0CC
Darker −20%#6084BD
Darker −30%#446BA6
Darker −40%#365381
More saturated +25%#99B9EA
Less saturated −25%#B7BFCC

Channel breakdown

R168
G188
B219
Red168 (65.9%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue216.47°
Saturation (HSL)41.46%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G BC · B DB

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