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Recognised as Colour

#9686EC

  • #9686EC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9686EC is a blue with RGB values 150, 134, 236 and HSL 249°, 73%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9686EC#9686EC
HEX#9686EC
RGBrgb(150, 134, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.5255, 0.9255
RGB percentages58.8%, 52.5%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(249.4, 72.9%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.4, 43.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK36.4%, 43.2%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,864,940
CSS custom property--colour: #9686EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2959WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.92:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#697913

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6396F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6392EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Tritanopia#809AAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.8Slate blue · ΔE 19.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.1Royal blue · ΔE 20.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCEC86
Analogous#86A9EC, #C986EC
Triadic#EC9686, #86EC96
Split complementary#ECC986, #A9EC86
Tetradic#EC86A9, #DCEC86, #86ECC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3DEFA
Lighter +10%#BCB2F3
Darker −10%#705AE5
Darker −20%#4A2EDE
Darker −30%#361DBC
Darker −40%#2A178F
More saturated +25%#8A75FE
Less saturated −25%#A298DB

Channel breakdown

R150
G134
B236
Red150 (58.8%)
Green134 (52.5%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue249.41°
Saturation (HSL)72.86%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 86 · B EC

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