Colour

#A8C0FD

#A8C0FD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#A8C0FD is a blue with RGB values 168, 192, 253 and HSL 223°, 96%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#A8C0FD#A8C0FD

HEX#A8C0FD

RGBrgb(168, 192, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7529, 0.9922

RGB percentages65.9%, 75.3%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(223.1, 95.5%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.1, 33.6%, 99.2%)

CMYK33.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,059,453

CSS custom property--colour: #A8C0FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.62:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#573F02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ACC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4BDFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#8FCCD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.3 Sky blue · ΔE 23.7 Thistle · ΔE 24.7 Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FDE5A8

Analogous#A8EBFD, #BAA8FD

Triadic#FDA8C0, #C0FDA8

Split complementary#FDBBA8, #EAFDA8

Tetradic#FDA8EB, #FDE5A8, #A8FDBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DAE4FE

Darker −10%#769CFC

Darker −20%#4478FB

Darker −30%#1254FA

Darker −40%#053FD4

More saturated +25%#A6BFFF

Less saturated −25%#B3C5F2

Channel breakdown

R168

G192

B253

Red168 (65.9%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue223.06°

Saturation (HSL)95.51%

Lightness82.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G C0 · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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