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Recognised as Colour

#A68AFE

  • #A68AFE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A68AFE is a blue with RGB values 166, 138, 254 and HSL 254°, 98%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A68AFE#A68AFE
HEX#A68AFE
RGBrgb(166, 138, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5412, 0.9961
RGB percentages65.1%, 54.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(254.5, 98.3%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.5, 45.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK34.6%, 45.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,914,558
CSS custom property--colour: #A68AFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.69:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#597501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#629EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#669AFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#91A0B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.4Slate blue · ΔE 19.5Royal blue · ΔE 22.2Medium orchid · ΔE 26.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2FE8A
Analogous#8AA8FE, #E08AFE
Triadic#FEA68A, #8AFEA6
Split complementary#FEE08A, #A8FE8A
Tetradic#FE8AA8, #E2FE8A, #8AFEE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3EFFF
Lighter +10%#CCBDFE
Darker −10%#8057FE
Darker −20%#5925FD
Darker −30%#3B02ED
Darker −40%#2E02BA
More saturated +25%#A589FF
Less saturated −25%#AE99EF

Channel breakdown

R166
G138
B254
Red166 (65.1%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue254.48°
Saturation (HSL)98.31%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 8A · B FE

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