Recognised as Colour

#A39EFD

#A39EFD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#A39EFD is a blue with RGB values 163, 158, 253 and HSL 243°, 96%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#A39EFD

RGBrgb(163, 158, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.6196, 0.9922

RGB percentages63.9%, 62%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(243.2, 96%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(243.2, 37.5%, 99.2%)

CMYK35.6%, 37.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,723,069

CSS custom property--colour: #A39EFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.87:1

Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#5C6102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#80ABFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7DA6FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Tritanopia#8BB0C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.1 Medium purple · ΔE 19.6 Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.6 Plum · ΔE 26.6 Royal blue · ΔE 28.3 Slate blue · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F8FD9E

Analogous#9EC9FD, #D39EFD

Triadic#FDA39E, #9EFDA3

Split complementary#FDD29E, #C9FD9E

Tetradic#FD9EC9, #F8FD9E, #9EFDD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D2D0FE

Darker −10%#746CFC

Darker −20%#443AFB

Darker −30%#1508FA

Darker −40%#0F04CB

More saturated +25%#A19CFF

Less saturated −25%#AEAAF1

Channel breakdown

R163

G158

B253

Red163 (63.9%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue243.16°

Saturation (HSL)95.96%

Lightness80.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A3 · G 9E · B FD

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Colour values

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