Colour

#A69DCA

#A69DCA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#A69DCA is a blue with RGB values 166, 157, 202 and HSL 252°, 30%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A69DCA#A69DCA

HEX#A69DCA

RGBrgb(166, 157, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6157, 0.7922

RGB percentages65.1%, 61.6%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(252, 29.8%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(252, 22.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK17.8%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,919,370

CSS custom property--colour: #A69DCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.3:1

Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#596235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#93A3CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#94A2C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9FA4ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 18.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 19.2 Plum · ΔE 21.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.3 Slate grey · ΔE 23.2 Steel blue · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 18.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1CA9D

Analogous#9DABCA, #BD9DCA

Triadic#CAA69D, #9DCAA6

Split complementary#CABC9D, #ABCA9D

Tetradic#CA9DAB, #C1CA9D, #9DCABD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E2DFEE

Lighter +10%#C4BEDC

Darker −10%#887CB8

Darker −20%#6A5BA6

Darker −30%#554886

Darker −40%#403665

More saturated +25%#9B8ADD

Less saturated −25%#B1B0B7

Channel breakdown

R166

G157

B202

Red166 (65.1%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue252°

Saturation (HSL)29.8%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 9D · B CA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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