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Colour

#A68CFB

  • #A68CFB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A68CFB is a blue with RGB values 166, 140, 251 and HSL 254°, 93%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A68CFB#A68CFB
HEX#A68CFB
RGBrgb(166, 140, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.549, 0.9843
RGB percentages65.1%, 54.9%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(254.1, 93.3%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.1, 44.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK33.9%, 44.2%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,915,067
CSS custom property--colour: #A68CFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#597304

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#679FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B9BF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Tritanopia#92A1B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.7Slate blue · ΔE 20.4Royal blue · ΔE 22.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 25Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1FB8C
Analogous#8CA9FB, #DE8CFB
Triadic#FBA68C, #8CFBA6
Split complementary#FBDE8C, #AAFB8C
Tetradic#FB8CA9, #E1FB8C, #8CFBDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2EFFE
Lighter +10%#CCBDFD
Darker −10%#805BF9
Darker −20%#5A29F8
Darker −30%#3C08E6
Darker −40%#2F06B5
More saturated +25%#A488FF
Less saturated −25%#AE9BEC

Channel breakdown

R166
G140
B251
Red166 (65.1%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue254.05°
Saturation (HSL)93.28%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 8C · B FB

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