Recognised as Colour

#A99FDA

#A99FDA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A99FDA is a blue with RGB values 169, 159, 218 and HSL 250°, 44%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A99FDA#A99FDA

HEX#A99FDA

RGBrgb(169, 159, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6235, 0.8549

RGB percentages66.3%, 62.4%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(250.2, 44.4%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(250.2, 27.1%, 85.5%)

CMYK22.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,116,506

CSS custom property--colour: #A99FDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.66:1

Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#566025

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#91A7DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#91A5D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original

Tritanopia#9FA9B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.6 Thistle · ΔE 22.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 24.1 Steel blue · ΔE 25.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D0DA9F

Analogous#9FB3DA, #C69FDA

Triadic#DAA99F, #9FDAA9

Split complementary#DAC69F, #B3DA9F

Tetradic#DA9FB3, #D0DA9F, #9FDAC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EBE9F6

Lighter +10%#CAC4E8

Darker −10%#887ACC

Darker −20%#6755BE

Darker −30%#4F3EA2

Darker −40%#3D307D

More saturated +25%#9E8EEB

Less saturated −25%#B4B0C9

Channel breakdown

R169

G159

B218

Red169 (66.3%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue250.17°

Saturation (HSL)44.36%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A9 · G 9F · B DA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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