Colour

#A69FFD

#A69FFD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#A69FFD is a blue with RGB values 166, 159, 253 and HSL 244°, 96%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#A69FFD

RGBrgb(166, 159, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6235, 0.9922

RGB percentages65.1%, 62.4%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(244.5, 95.9%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(244.5, 37.2%, 99.2%)

CMYK34.4%, 37.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,919,933

CSS custom property--colour: #A69FFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1

Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#596002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#82ACFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#80A7FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Tritanopia#8FB1C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 16.6 Medium purple · ΔE 19.9 Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.5 Plum · ΔE 25.8 Royal blue · ΔE 29.2 Slate blue · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 16.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F6FD9F

Analogous#9FC7FD, #D59FFD

Triadic#FDA69F, #9FFDA6

Split complementary#FDD59F, #C7FD9F

Tetradic#FD9FC7, #F6FD9F, #9FFDD5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D4D1FE

Darker −10%#786DFC

Darker −20%#493BFB

Darker −30%#1B09FA

Darker −40%#1304CC

More saturated +25%#A49DFF

Less saturated −25%#B0ABF1

Channel breakdown

R166

G159

B253

Red166 (65.1%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue244.47°

Saturation (HSL)95.92%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 9F · B FD

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Colour values

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