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Recognised as Colour

#A09ABD

  • #A09ABD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#A09ABD is a blue with RGB values 160, 154, 189 and HSL 250°, 21%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#A09ABD#A09ABD
HEX#A09ABD
RGBrgb(160, 154, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.6039, 0.7412
RGB percentages62.7%, 60.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(250.3, 21%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.3, 18.5%, 74.1%)
CMYK15.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,525,373
CSS custom property--colour: #A09ABD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.85:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#5F6542

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#929FBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#939EBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9B9FA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 16Light steelblue · ΔE 17.1Thistle · ΔE 17.4Slate grey · ΔE 18.1Dark grey · ΔE 20Gray · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 16.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7BD9A
Analogous#9AA6BD, #B29ABD
Triadic#BDA09A, #9ABDA0
Split complementary#BDB29A, #A6BD9A
Tetradic#BD9AA5, #B7BD9A, #9ABDB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F7F9
Lighter +20%#DAD8E5
Lighter +10%#BDB9D1
Darker −10%#837BA9
Darker −20%#685F92
Darker −30%#524B73
Darker −40%#3C3754
More saturated +25%#9285D2
Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R160
G154
B189
Red160 (62.7%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue250.29°
Saturation (HSL)20.96%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 9A · B BD

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