Colour

#A696FA

#A696FA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A696FA is a blue with RGB values 166, 150, 250 and HSL 250°, 91%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A696FA#A696FA

HEX#A696FA

RGBrgb(166, 150, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5882, 0.9804

RGB percentages65.1%, 58.8%, 98%

HSLhsl(249.6, 90.9%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(249.6, 40%, 98%)

CMYK33.6%, 40%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,917,626

CSS custom property--colour: #A696FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.36:1

Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#596905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#77A5FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#77A1F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Tritanopia#91A9BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.1 Slate blue · ΔE 25.2 Royal blue · ΔE 26 Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAFA96

Analogous#96B8FA, #D896FA

Triadic#FAA696, #96FAA6

Split complementary#FAD896, #B8FA96

Tetradic#FA96B8, #EAFA96, #96FAD8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F7FF

Lighter +10%#CFC7FC

Darker −10%#7D65F8

Darker −20%#5335F5

Darker −30%#2F0BEC

Darker −40%#2509BB

More saturated +25%#A391FF

Less saturated −25%#AFA4EC

Channel breakdown

R166

G150

B250

Red166 (65.1%)

Green150 (58.8%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue249.6°

Saturation (HSL)90.91%

Lightness78.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 96 · B FA

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Colour values

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