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Recognised as Colour

#A199BE

  • #A199BE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#A199BE is a blue with RGB values 161, 153, 190 and HSL 253°, 22%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#A199BE#A199BE
HEX#A199BE
RGBrgb(161, 153, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.6, 0.7451
RGB percentages63.1%, 60%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(253, 22.2%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253, 19.5%, 74.5%)
CMYK15.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,590,654
CSS custom property--colour: #A199BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34077WCAG 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 7.82:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#5E6641

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#919EC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#929DBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9C9FA5no 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 text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 17.1Thistle · ΔE 17.7Light steelblue · ΔE 18Slate grey · ΔE 19Dark grey · ΔE 21.3Gray · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 17.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6BE99
Analogous#99A4BE, #B399BE
Triadic#BEA199, #99BEA1
Split complementary#BEB399, #A4BE99
Tetradic#BE99A4, #B6BE99, #99BEB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F6FA
Lighter +20%#DAD7E6
Lighter +10%#BEB8D2
Darker −10%#847AAA
Darker −20%#695E93
Darker −30%#534A74
Darker −40%#3D3655
More saturated +25%#9584D3
Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R161
G153
B190
Red161 (63.1%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue252.97°
Saturation (HSL)22.16%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 99 · B BE

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