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Recognised as Colour

#A299BF

  • #A299BF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A299BF is a blue with RGB values 162, 153, 191 and HSL 254°, 23%, 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 Thistle.

Colour values

#A299BF#A299BF
HEX#A299BF
RGBrgb(162, 153, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.6, 0.749
RGB percentages63.5%, 60%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(254.2, 22.9%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.2, 19.9%, 74.9%)
CMYK15.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,656,191
CSS custom property--colour: #A299BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.85:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#5D6640

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#919EC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#929EBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9D9FA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 17.7Light slate grey · ΔE 17.7Light steelblue · ΔE 18.4Slate grey · ΔE 19.6Dark grey · ΔE 21.8Plum · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 17.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6BF99
Analogous#99A3BF, #B599BF
Triadic#BFA299, #99BFA2
Split complementary#BFB599, #A3BF99
Tetradic#BF99A3, #B6BF99, #99BFB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F7FA
Lighter +20%#DBD8E6
Lighter +10%#BFB8D3
Darker −10%#857AAB
Darker −20%#6A5D95
Darker −30%#544A75
Darker −40%#3E3656
More saturated +25%#9784D4
Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R162
G153
B191
Red162 (63.5%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue254.21°
Saturation (HSL)22.89%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 99 · B BF

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