Colour

#A69DCB

#A69DCB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#A69DCB is a blue with RGB values 166, 157, 203 and HSL 252°, 31%, 71%. 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

#A69DCB#A69DCB

HEX#A69DCB

RGBrgb(166, 157, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6157, 0.7961

RGB percentages65.1%, 61.6%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(251.7, 30.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.7, 22.7%, 79.6%)

CMYK18.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,919,371

CSS custom property--colour: #A69DCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.31:1

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

Contrast with black8.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#596234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#93A3CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#94A2CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9FA4ADno 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 text8.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 18.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 19.5 Plum · ΔE 20.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.7 Slate grey · ΔE 23.6 Steel blue · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 18.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C2CB9D

Analogous#9DABCB, #BD9DCB

Triadic#CBA69D, #9DCBA6

Split complementary#CBBD9D, #ABCB9D

Tetradic#CB9DAB, #C2CB9D, #9DCBBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E3E0EE

Lighter +10%#C4BEDD

Darker −10%#887CB9

Darker −20%#695AA8

Darker −30%#544887

Darker −40%#3F3666

More saturated +25%#9B8ADE

Less saturated −25%#B1B0B8

Channel breakdown

R166

G157

B203

Red166 (65.1%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue251.74°

Saturation (HSL)30.67%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 9D · B CB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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