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Recognised as Colour

#A19CCE

  • #A19CCE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A19CCE is a blue with RGB values 161, 156, 206 and HSL 246°, 34%, 71%. 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#A19CCE#A19CCE
HEX#A19CCE
RGBrgb(161, 156, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.6118, 0.8078
RGB percentages63.1%, 61.2%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(246, 33.8%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246, 24.3%, 80.8%)
CMYK21.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,591,438
CSS custom property--colour: #A19CCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3581WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.16:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#5E6331

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90A2D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA0CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#97A4ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 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 text8.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 20.7Thistle · ΔE 20.8Plum · ΔE 21.5Light slate grey · ΔE 22.7Steel blue · ΔE 22.8Slate grey · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 20.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9CE9C
Analogous#9CB0CE, #BA9CCE
Triadic#CEA19C, #9CCEA1
Split complementary#CEBA9C, #B0CE9C
Tetradic#CE9CB0, #C9CE9C, #9CCEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2E0F0
Lighter +10%#C1BEDF
Darker −10%#817ABD
Darker −20%#6058AC
Darker −30%#4C458C
Darker −40%#3A346A
More saturated +25%#928AE1
Less saturated −25%#B0AFBC

Channel breakdown

R161
G156
B206
Red161 (63.1%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue246°
Saturation (HSL)33.78%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 9C · B CE

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