Recognised as Colour

#9688EC

#9688EC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9688EC is a blue with RGB values 150, 136, 236 and HSL 248°, 72%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9688EC#9688EC

HEX#9688EC

RGBrgb(150, 136, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.5333, 0.9255

RGB percentages58.8%, 53.3%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(248.4, 72.5%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(248.4, 42.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK36.4%, 42.4%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,865,452

CSS custom property--colour: #9688EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1

Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#697713

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6698F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6693EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Tritanopia#809BAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11 Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.9 Slate blue · ΔE 20.3 Royal blue · ΔE 21.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.1 Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DEEC88

Analogous#88ACEC, #C888EC

Triadic#EC9688, #88EC96

Split complementary#ECC888, #ACEC88

Tetradic#EC88AC, #DEEC88, #88ECC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E4E0FA

Lighter +10%#BDB4F3

Darker −10%#6F5CE5

Darker −20%#4830DE

Darker −30%#341EBD

Darker −40%#281791

More saturated +25%#8A77FD

Less saturated −25%#A299DB

Channel breakdown

R150

G136

B236

Red150 (58.8%)

Green136 (53.3%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue248.4°

Saturation (HSL)72.46%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 96 · G 88 · B EC

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