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Recognised as Colour

#A69EDA

  • #A69EDA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A69EDA is a blue with RGB values 166, 158, 218 and HSL 248°, 45%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A69EDA#A69EDA
HEX#A69EDA
RGBrgb(166, 158, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6196, 0.8549
RGB percentages65.1%, 62%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(248, 44.8%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248, 27.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK23.9%, 27.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,919,642
CSS custom property--colour: #A69EDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.52:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#596125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FA6DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA4D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9BA8B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.7Thistle · ΔE 23.8Light steelblue · ΔE 24.5Steel blue · ΔE 25.1Light slate grey · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D2DA9E
Analogous#9EB4DA, #C49EDA
Triadic#DAA69E, #9EDAA6
Split complementary#DAC49E, #B4DA9E
Tetradic#DA9EB4, #D2DA9E, #9EDAC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAE8F6
Lighter +10%#C8C3E8
Darker −10%#8479CC
Darker −20%#6254BE
Darker −30%#4B3EA1
Darker −40%#3A2F7D
More saturated +25%#9A8DEB
Less saturated −25%#B2AFC9

Channel breakdown

R166
G158
B218
Red166 (65.1%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue248°
Saturation (HSL)44.78%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 9E · B DA

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