Colour

#A8C9DF

#A8C9DF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#A8C9DF is a blue with RGB values 168, 201, 223 and HSL 204°, 46%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A8C9DF#A8C9DF

HEX#A8C9DF

RGBrgb(168, 201, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7882, 0.8745

RGB percentages65.9%, 78.8%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(204, 46.2%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204, 24.7%, 87.5%)

CMYK24.7%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,061,727

CSS custom property--colour: #A8C9DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.09:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#573620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFC8E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8C2DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Tritanopia#98CFD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5 Light blue · ΔE 7.2 Sky blue · ΔE 11 Powder blue · ΔE 12.4 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7 Silver · ΔE 15.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.98, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DFBEA8

Analogous#A8DFD9, #A8ADDF

Triadic#DFA8C9, #C9DFA8

Split complementary#DFA8AD, #DFD9A8

Tetradic#DAA8DF, #DFBEA8, #ADDFA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3F7FA

Lighter +10%#CDE0ED

Darker −10%#83B2D1

Darker −20%#5D9BC4

Darker −30%#4082AE

Darker −40%#326689

More saturated +25%#99CCEE

Less saturated −25%#B7C6D0

Channel breakdown

R168

G201

B223

Red168 (65.9%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue204°

Saturation (HSL)46.22%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G C9 · B DF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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