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Recognised as Colour

#A29EDA

  • #A29EDA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A29EDA is a blue with RGB values 162, 158, 218 and HSL 244°, 45%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A29EDA#A29EDA
HEX#A29EDA
RGBrgb(162, 158, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.6196, 0.8549
RGB percentages63.5%, 62%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(244, 44.8%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244, 27.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK25.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,657,498
CSS custom property--colour: #A29EDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.44:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#5D6125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8EA6DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DA3D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#95A8B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.8Steel blue · ΔE 23.9Light steelblue · ΔE 24.2Thistle · ΔE 24.3Light slate grey · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)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#D6DA9E
Analogous#9EB8DA, #C09EDA
Triadic#DAA29E, #9EDAA2
Split complementary#DAC09E, #B8DA9E
Tetradic#DA9EB8, #D6DA9E, #9EDAC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E8F6
Lighter +10%#C5C3E8
Darker −10%#7F79CC
Darker −20%#5B54BE
Darker −30%#443EA1
Darker −40%#352F7D
More saturated +25%#938DEB
Less saturated −25%#B1AFC9

Channel breakdown

R162
G158
B218
Red162 (63.5%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue244°
Saturation (HSL)44.78%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 9E · B DA

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