Colour

#998AFF

#998AFF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#998AFF is a blue with RGB values 153, 138, 255 and HSL 248°, 100%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#998AFF#998AFF

HEX#998AFF

RGBrgb(153, 138, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5412, 1

RGB percentages60%, 54.1%, 100%

HSLhsl(247.7, 100%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(247.7, 45.9%, 100%)

CMYK40%, 45.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,062,591

CSS custom property--colour: #998AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.43:1

Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#667500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E9DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C97FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Tritanopia#7CA2B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.5 Slate blue · ΔE 18.5 Royal blue · ΔE 19.1 Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F0FF8A

Analogous#8AB5FF, #D48AFF

Triadic#FF998A, #8AFF99

Split complementary#FFD48A, #B5FF8A

Tetradic#FF8AB5, #F0FF8A, #8AFFD4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F2F0FF

Lighter +10%#C5BDFF

Darker −10%#6D57FF

Darker −20%#4024FF

Darker −30%#1F00F0

Darker −40%#1800BD

More saturated +25%#998AFF

Less saturated −25%#A499F0

Channel breakdown

R153

G138

B255

Red153 (60%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue247.69°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 8A · B FF

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Colour values

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