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Recognised as Colour

#A8BEDD

  • #A8BEDD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A8BEDD is a blue with RGB values 168, 190, 221 and HSL 215°, 44%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A8BEDD#A8BEDD
HEX#A8BEDD
RGBrgb(168, 190, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7451, 0.8667
RGB percentages65.9%, 74.5%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(215.1, 43.8%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.1, 24%, 86.7%)
CMYK24%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,058,909
CSS custom property--colour: #A8BEDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.07:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#574122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3BFDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEBADCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9AC5C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 3.5Light blue · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.8Light skyblue · ΔE 15Thistle · ΔE 16.9Silver · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 3.55, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDC7A8
Analogous#A8D8DD, #ADA8DD
Triadic#DDA8BE, #BEDDA8
Split complementary#DDADA8, #D8DDA8
Tetradic#DDA8D8, #DDC7A8, #A8DDAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F5FA
Lighter +10%#CDD9EB
Darker −10%#83A3CF
Darker −20%#5F87C0
Darker −30%#426DAA
Darker −40%#345685
More saturated +25%#99BBEC
Less saturated −25%#B7C1CE

Channel breakdown

R168
G190
B221
Red168 (65.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue215.09°
Saturation (HSL)43.8%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G BE · B DD

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