Colour

#A986EF

#A986EF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A986EF is a violet with RGB values 169, 134, 239 and HSL 260°, 77%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A986EF#A986EF

HEX#A986EF

RGBrgb(169, 134, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5255, 0.9373

RGB percentages66.3%, 52.5%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(260, 76.6%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260, 43.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK29.3%, 43.9%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,110,127

CSS custom property--colour: #A986EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.34:1

Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#567910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6799F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D98ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9B99AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.5 Slate blue · ΔE 20.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.2 Orchid · ΔE 24.4 Royal blue · ΔE 24.6 Violet · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CCEF86

Analogous#8698EF, #DE86EF

Triadic#EFA986, #86EFA9

Split complementary#EFDE86, #98EF86

Tetradic#EF8698, #CCEF86, #86EFDE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E9E0FB

Lighter +10%#C9B3F5

Darker −10%#8959E9

Darker −20%#692CE3

Darker −30%#521AC2

Darker −40%#3F1495

More saturated +25%#A476FF

Less saturated −25%#AF97DE

Channel breakdown

R169

G134

B239

Red169 (66.3%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue260°

Saturation (HSL)76.64%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A9 · G 86 · B EF

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