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Recognised as Colour

#AAA7DB

  • #AAA7DB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AAA7DB is a blue with RGB values 170, 167, 219 and HSL 243°, 42%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AAA7DB#AAA7DB
HEX#AAA7DB
RGBrgb(170, 167, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6549, 0.8588
RGB percentages66.7%, 65.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(243.5, 41.9%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.5, 23.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK22.4%, 23.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,184,091
CSS custom property--colour: #AAA7DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#555824

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AADDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#99ABDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9FB0B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9Thistle · ΔE 19.3Plum · ΔE 21.1Light skyblue · ΔE 24.8Steel blue · ΔE 24.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 18.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8DBA7
Analogous#A7BEDB, #C4A7DB
Triadic#DBAAA7, #A7DBAA
Split complementary#DBC4A7, #BEDBA7
Tetradic#DBA7BE, #D8DBA7, #A7DBC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0EFF9
Lighter +10%#CDCBEA
Darker −10%#8783CC
Darker −20%#645FBD
Darker −30%#4944A5
Darker −40%#393581
More saturated +25%#9C98EB
Less saturated −25%#B8B7CB

Channel breakdown

R170
G167
B219
Red170 (66.7%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue243.46°
Saturation (HSL)41.94%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G A7 · B DB

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