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Recognised as Colour

#A8BEE9

  • #A8BEE9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A8BEE9 is a blue with RGB values 168, 190, 233 and HSL 220°, 60%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A8BEE9#A8BEE9
HEX#A8BEE9
RGBrgb(168, 190, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7451, 0.9137
RGB percentages65.9%, 74.5%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(219.7, 59.6%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.7, 27.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK27.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,058,921
CSS custom property--colour: #A8BEE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.21:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#574116

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C1EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AABBE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#96C7CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 17.3Thistle · ΔE 18.7Light blue · ΔE 19.3Lavender · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9D3A8
Analogous#A8DFE9, #B2A8E9
Triadic#E9A8BE, #BEE9A8
Split complementary#E9B3A8, #DFE9A8
Tetradic#E9A8DF, #E9D3A8, #A8E9B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9FBFE
Lighter +10%#D1DCF3
Darker −10%#7FA0DF
Darker −20%#5781D4
Darker −30%#3264C6
Darker −40%#28509D
More saturated +25%#9ABAF7
Less saturated −25%#B6C2DB

Channel breakdown

R168
G190
B233
Red168 (65.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue219.69°
Saturation (HSL)59.63%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G BE · B E9

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