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Recognised as Colour

#AAA6D3

  • #AAA6D3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AAA6D3 is a blue with RGB values 170, 166, 211 and HSL 245°, 34%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AAA6D3#AAA6D3
HEX#AAA6D3
RGBrgb(170, 166, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.651, 0.8275
RGB percentages66.7%, 65.1%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(245.3, 33.8%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.3, 21.3%, 82.7%)
CMYK19.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,183,827
CSS custom property--colour: #AAA6D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#55592C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BACD5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BAAD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A2ADB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4Thistle · ΔE 16.8Plum · ΔE 22.1Light slate grey · ΔE 22.1Slate grey · ΔE 24.4Light skyblue · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 16.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFD3A6
Analogous#A6B9D3, #C0A6D3
Triadic#D3AAA6, #A6D3AA
Split complementary#D3C1A6, #B9D3A6
Tetradic#D3A6B9, #CFD3A6, #A6D3C0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBEAF5
Lighter +10%#CBC8E4
Darker −10%#8984C2
Darker −20%#6962B1
Darker −30%#514A96
Darker −40%#3E3974
More saturated +25%#9C95E4
Less saturated −25%#B8B7C2

Channel breakdown

R170
G166
B211
Red170 (66.7%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue245.33°
Saturation (HSL)33.83%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G A6 · B D3

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