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Recognised as Colour

#A29DBC

  • #A29DBC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#A29DBC is a blue with RGB values 162, 157, 188 and HSL 250°, 19%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#A29DBC#A29DBC
HEX#A29DBC
RGBrgb(162, 157, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.6157, 0.7373
RGB percentages63.5%, 61.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(249.7, 18.8%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.7, 16.5%, 73.7%)
CMYK13.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,657,212
CSS custom property--colour: #A29DBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#5D6243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96A1BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#97A0BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9DA2A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5Thistle · ΔE 16.1Slate grey · ΔE 17.4Dark grey · ΔE 17.6Silver · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 15.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7BC9D
Analogous#9DA8BC, #B29DBC
Triadic#BCA29D, #9DBCA2
Split complementary#BCB29D, #A8BC9D
Tetradic#BC9DA8, #B7BC9D, #9DBCB2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F8FA
Lighter +20%#DBDAE5
Lighter +10%#BFBBD1
Darker −10%#857FA7
Darker −20%#6A6390
Darker −30%#544E72
Darker −40%#3E3954
More saturated +25%#9488D1
Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R162
G157
B188
Red162 (63.5%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue249.68°
Saturation (HSL)18.79%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 9D · B BC

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