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Recognised as Colour

#A69EDE

  • #A69EDE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A69EDE is a blue with RGB values 166, 158, 222 and HSL 248°, 49%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A69EDE#A69EDE
HEX#A69EDE
RGBrgb(166, 158, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6196, 0.8706
RGB percentages65.1%, 62%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(247.5, 49.2%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.5, 28.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK25.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,919,646
CSS custom property--colour: #A69EDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.57:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#596121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DA7E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DA4DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9AA9B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.2Thistle · ΔE 25.5Steel blue · ΔE 25.8Light steelblue · ΔE 26.3Light skyblue · ΔE 30
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#D6DE9E
Analogous#9EB6DE, #C69EDE
Triadic#DEA69E, #9EDEA6
Split complementary#DEC69E, #B6DE9E
Tetradic#DE9EB6, #D6DE9E, #9EDEC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECEAF8
Lighter +10%#C9C4EB
Darker −10%#8378D1
Darker −20%#6052C4
Darker −30%#483AA9
Darker −40%#382D83
More saturated +25%#9A8EEE
Less saturated −25%#B2AECE

Channel breakdown

R166
G158
B222
Red166 (65.1%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue247.5°
Saturation (HSL)49.23%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 9E · B DE

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