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Recognised as Colour

#A89FD0

  • #A89FD0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A89FD0 is a blue with RGB values 168, 159, 208 and HSL 251°, 34%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A89FD0#A89FD0
HEX#A89FD0
RGBrgb(168, 159, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6235, 0.8157
RGB percentages65.9%, 62.4%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(251, 34.3%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251, 23.6%, 81.6%)
CMYK19.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,050,960
CSS custom property--colour: #A89FD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.54:1
Contrast with white2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#57602F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A6D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#95A4CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A0A7B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 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 text8.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 19.1Light steelblue · ΔE 20Plum · ΔE 20.1Light slate grey · ΔE 23.4Steel blue · ΔE 24.7Slate grey · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 19.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C7D09F
Analogous#9FAED0, #C19FD0
Triadic#D0A89F, #9FD0A8
Split complementary#D0C09F, #AED09F
Tetradic#D09FAE, #C7D09F, #9FD0C1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6E3F2
Lighter +10%#C7C1E1
Darker −10%#897DBF
Darker −20%#6A5BAE
Darker −30%#544690
Darker −40%#40366D
More saturated +25%#9D8DE2
Less saturated −25%#B3B1BE

Channel breakdown

R168
G159
B208
Red168 (65.9%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue251.02°
Saturation (HSL)34.27%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 9F · B D0

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