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Colour

#A097BD

  • #A097BD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#A097BD is a blue with RGB values 160, 151, 189 and HSL 254°, 22%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#A097BD#A097BD
HEX#A097BD
RGBrgb(160, 151, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.5922, 0.7412
RGB percentages62.7%, 59.2%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(254.2, 22.4%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.2, 20.1%, 74.1%)
CMYK15.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,524,605
CSS custom property--colour: #A097BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#5F6842

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F9CBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#909CBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9B9DA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 17.4Thistle · ΔE 18.3Light steelblue · ΔE 19Slate grey · ΔE 19.2Dark grey · ΔE 22Plum · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 17.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4BD97
Analogous#97A1BD, #B397BD
Triadic#BDA097, #97BDA0
Split complementary#BDB397, #A1BD97
Tetradic#BD97A1, #B4BD97, #97BDB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F5F8
Lighter +20%#D9D5E5
Lighter +10%#BDB6D1
Darker −10%#8478A9
Darker −20%#695C92
Darker −30%#534972
Darker −40%#3C3553
More saturated +25%#9582D2
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R160
G151
B189
Red160 (62.7%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue254.21°
Saturation (HSL)22.35%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 97 · B BD

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