Colour

#A69EEE

#A69EEE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#A69EEE is a blue with RGB values 166, 158, 238 and HSL 246°, 70%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#A69EEE#A69EEE

HEX#A69EEE

RGBrgb(166, 158, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6196, 0.9333

RGB percentages65.1%, 62%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(246, 70.2%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(246, 33.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK30.3%, 33.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,919,662

CSS custom property--colour: #A69EEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1

Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#596111

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#87A9F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#86A5ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Tritanopia#95ACBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.5 Plum · ΔE 21.5 Medium purple · ΔE 23.9 Dodgerblue · ΔE 28 Steel blue · ΔE 30.2 Thistle · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E6EE9E

Analogous#9EBEEE, #CE9EEE

Triadic#EEA69E, #9EEEA6

Split complementary#EECE9E, #BEEE9E

Tetradic#EE9EBE, #E6EE9E, #9EEECE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F5FD

Lighter +10%#CEC9F6

Darker −10%#7E73E6

Darker −20%#5647DF

Darker −30%#3524CF

Darker −40%#2A1DA3

More saturated +25%#9B90FC

Less saturated −25%#B1ACE0

Channel breakdown

R166

G158

B238

Red166 (65.1%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue246°

Saturation (HSL)70.18%

Lightness77.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 9E · B EE

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