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Recognised as Colour

#998EED

  • #998EED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#998EED is a blue with RGB values 153, 142, 237 and HSL 247°, 73%, 74%. 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

#998EED#998EED
HEX#998EED
RGBrgb(153, 142, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5569, 0.9294
RGB percentages60%, 55.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(246.9, 72.5%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.9, 40.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK35.4%, 40.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,063,597
CSS custom property--colour: #998EED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32233WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.45:1
Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#667112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F9CF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E97EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Tritanopia#83A0B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 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 text7.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.5Slate blue · ΔE 23.7Royal blue · ΔE 24.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2ED8E
Analogous#8EB3ED, #C98EED
Triadic#ED998E, #8EED99
Split complementary#EDC88E, #B3ED8E
Tetradic#ED8EB3, #E2ED8E, #8EEDC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8E6FB
Lighter +10%#C1BAF4
Darker −10%#7162E6
Darker −20%#4A36DF
Darker −30%#321FC3
Darker −40%#271897
More saturated +25%#8C7EFD
Less saturated −25%#A69EDD

Channel breakdown

R153
G142
B237
Red153 (60%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue246.95°
Saturation (HSL)72.52%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 8E · B ED

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