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Recognised as Colour

#B0A7D8

  • #B0A7D8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B0A7D8 is a blue with RGB values 176, 167, 216 and HSL 251°, 39%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B0A7D8#B0A7D8
HEX#B0A7D8
RGBrgb(176, 167, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.6549, 0.8471
RGB percentages69%, 65.5%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(251, 38.6%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251, 22.7%, 84.7%)
CMYK18.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,577,304
CSS custom property--colour: #B0A7D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.37:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#4F5827

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CAEDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DACD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A8AFB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 17.1Light steelblue · ΔE 18.4Plum · ΔE 19.6Light slate grey · ΔE 24.8Light skyblue · ΔE 26.1Steel blue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 17.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFD8A7
Analogous#A7B7D8, #C9A7D8
Triadic#D8B0A7, #A7D8B0
Split complementary#D8C9A7, #B7D8A7
Tetradic#D8A7B7, #CFD8A7, #A7D8C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFEEF7
Lighter +10%#D0CAE8
Darker −10%#9084C8
Darker −20%#7160B9
Darker −30%#57479F
Darker −40%#44377C
More saturated +25%#A697E8
Less saturated −25%#BAB7C8

Channel breakdown

R176
G167
B216
Red176 (69%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue251.02°
Saturation (HSL)38.58%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G A7 · B D8

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