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Recognised as Colour

#A9ABEE

  • #A9ABEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#A9ABEE is a blue with RGB values 169, 171, 238 and HSL 238°, 67%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#A9ABEE#A9ABEE
HEX#A9ABEE
RGBrgb(169, 171, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6706, 0.9333
RGB percentages66.3%, 67.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(238.3, 67%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.3, 29%, 93.3%)
CMYK29%, 28.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,119,598
CSS custom property--colour: #A9ABEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#565411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B3F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#95AEECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#98B7C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.2Plum · ΔE 21.9Light steelblue · ΔE 24.8Thistle · ΔE 25.8Light skyblue · ΔE 26.5Steel blue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 19.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEECA9
Analogous#A9CEEE, #CAA9EE
Triadic#EEA9AB, #ABEEA9
Split complementary#EECAA9, #CEEEA9
Tetradic#EEA9CE, #EEECA9, #A9EECA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFF
Lighter +10%#D4D5F6
Darker −10%#7E81E6
Darker −20%#5458DD
Darker −30%#2A2FD4
Darker −40%#2225A9
More saturated +25%#9C9FFB
Less saturated −25%#B6B7E1

Channel breakdown

R169
G171
B238
Red169 (66.3%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue238.26°
Saturation (HSL)66.99%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G AB · B EE

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