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Recognised as Colour

#A09FBB

  • #A09FBB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#A09FBB is a blue with RGB values 160, 159, 187 and HSL 242°, 17%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#A09FBB#A09FBB
HEX#A09FBB
RGBrgb(160, 159, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.6235, 0.7333
RGB percentages62.7%, 62.4%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(242.1, 17.1%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.1, 15%, 73.3%)
CMYK14.4%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,526,651
CSS custom property--colour: #A09FBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.17:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#5F6044

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99A2BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A1BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#9BA3A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 13.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Dark grey · ΔE 15.8Thistle · ΔE 16.2Slate grey · ΔE 16.3Silver · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 13.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BABB9F
Analogous#9FACBB, #AE9FBB
Triadic#BBA09F, #9FBBA0
Split complementary#BBAE9F, #ACBB9F
Tetradic#BB9FAC, #BABB9F, #9FBBAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F9FA
Lighter +20%#DBDBE5
Lighter +10%#BEBDD0
Darker −10%#8281A6
Darker −20%#67658F
Darker −30%#515071
Darker −40%#3C3B53
More saturated +25%#8D8BD0
Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R160
G159
B187
Red160 (62.7%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue242.14°
Saturation (HSL)17.07%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 9F · B BB

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