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Recognised as Colour

#A8DCF8

  • #A8DCF8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#A8DCF8 is a blue with RGB values 168, 220, 248 and HSL 201°, 85%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#A8DCF8#A8DCF8
HEX#A8DCF8
RGBrgb(168, 220, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.8627, 0.9725
RGB percentages65.9%, 86.3%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(201, 85.1%, 81.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201, 32.3%, 97.3%)
CMYK32.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,066,616
CSS custom property--colour: #A8DCF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.26:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#572307

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFDAF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3D1F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8EE4E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.7Sky blue · ΔE 7.9Light skyblue · ΔE 10.9Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 11.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8C4A8
Analogous#A8F8EC, #A8B4F8
Triadic#F8A8DC, #DCF8A8
Split complementary#F8A8B4, #F8ECA8
Tetradic#ECA8F8, #F8C4A8, #B4F8A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7EFFC
Darker −10%#79C9F4
Darker −20%#4AB6F0
Darker −30%#1AA3ED
Darker −40%#1085C4
More saturated +25%#A1DEFF
Less saturated −25%#B4D8EC

Channel breakdown

R168
G220
B248
Red168 (65.9%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue201°
Saturation (HSL)85.11%
Lightness81.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G DC · B F8

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