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Recognised as Colour

#A8CBFD

  • #A8CBFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#A8CBFD is a blue with RGB values 168, 203, 253 and HSL 215°, 96%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#A8CBFD#A8CBFD
HEX#A8CBFD
RGBrgb(168, 203, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7961, 0.9922
RGB percentages65.9%, 79.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(215.3, 95.5%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.3, 33.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK33.6%, 19.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,062,269
CSS custom property--colour: #A8CBFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.63:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#573402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9CDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0C5FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8ED6DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.3Sky blue · ΔE 16.4Light blue · ΔE 20.2Lavender · ΔE 22Thistle · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDDAA8
Analogous#A8F6FD, #AFA8FD
Triadic#FDA8CB, #CBFDA8
Split complementary#FDB0A8, #F5FDA8
Tetradic#FDA8F6, #FDDAA8, #A8FDAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DAE9FE
Darker −10%#76ADFC
Darker −20%#448FFB
Darker −30%#1272FA
Darker −40%#055AD4
More saturated +25%#A6CBFF
Less saturated −25%#B3CDF2

Channel breakdown

R168
G203
B253
Red168 (65.9%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue215.29°
Saturation (HSL)95.51%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G CB · B FD

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