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Recognised as Colour

#A9BBCA

  • #A9BBCA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A9BBCA is a blue with RGB values 169, 187, 202 and HSL 207°, 24%, 73%. 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

#A9BBCA#A9BBCA
HEX#A9BBCA
RGBrgb(169, 187, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.7333, 0.7922
RGB percentages66.3%, 73.3%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(207.3, 23.7%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.3, 16.3%, 79.2%)
CMYK16.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,123,658
CSS custom property--colour: #A9BBCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.65:1
Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#564435

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5BBCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B7CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A1BFC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.8Silver · ΔE 10.5Dark grey · ΔE 11.6Light blue · ΔE 12Light grey · ΔE 13.9Powder blue · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAB8A9
Analogous#A9CAC8, #A9ABCA
Triadic#CAA9BB, #BBCAA9
Split complementary#CAA9AB, #CAC8A9
Tetradic#C8A9CA, #CAB8A9, #ABCAA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8EDF1
Lighter +10%#C9D4DD
Darker −10%#89A2B7
Darker −20%#6A89A3
Darker −30%#536F87
Darker −40%#405567
More saturated +25%#98BDDB
Less saturated −25%#B9B9B9

Channel breakdown

R169
G187
B202
Red169 (66.3%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue207.27°
Saturation (HSL)23.74%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G BB · B CA

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