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Recognised as Colour

#A9BBC8

  • #A9BBC8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A9BBC8 is a blue with RGB values 169, 187, 200 and HSL 205°, 22%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A9BBC8#A9BBC8
HEX#A9BBC8
RGBrgb(169, 187, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.7333, 0.7843
RGB percentages66.3%, 73.3%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(205.2, 22%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.2, 15.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK15.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,123,656
CSS custom property--colour: #A9BBC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.63:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#564437

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6BAC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B7C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A1BEBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.8Silver · ΔE 9.7Dark grey · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 11.9Light grey · ΔE 13.4Powder blue · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8B6A9
Analogous#A9C8C6, #A9ABC8
Triadic#C8A9BB, #BBC8A9
Split complementary#C8A9AB, #C8C6A9
Tetradic#C6A9C8, #C8B6A9, #ABC8A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7ECF0
Lighter +10%#C8D4DC
Darker −10%#8AA2B4
Darker −20%#6B8AA0
Darker −30%#547084
Darker −40%#405565
More saturated +25%#97BEDA
Less saturated −25%#B8B8B8

Channel breakdown

R169
G187
B200
Red169 (66.3%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue205.16°
Saturation (HSL)21.99%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G BB · B C8

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