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Recognised as Colour

#A9C1FD

  • #A9C1FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#A9C1FD is a blue with RGB values 169, 193, 253 and HSL 223°, 95%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#A9C1FD#A9C1FD
HEX#A9C1FD
RGBrgb(169, 193, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.7569, 0.9922
RGB percentages66.3%, 75.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(222.9, 95.5%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 33.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK33.2%, 23.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,125,245
CSS custom property--colour: #A9C1FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.73:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#563E02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADC6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6BEFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#91CDD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.9Light steelblue · ΔE 18.3Sky blue · ΔE 23.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 24Thistle · ΔE 24.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE5A9
Analogous#A9EBFD, #BBA9FD
Triadic#FDA9C1, #C1FDA9
Split complementary#FDBBA9, #EBFDA9
Tetradic#FDA9EB, #FDE5A9, #A9FDBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DBE5FE
Darker −10%#779DFC
Darker −20%#4579FB
Darker −30%#1355FA
Darker −40%#0540D5
More saturated +25%#A7C0FF
Less saturated −25%#B4C6F2

Channel breakdown

R169
G193
B253
Red169 (66.3%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)95.45%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G C1 · B FD

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