Recognised as Colour

#AA9BFE

#AA9BFE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#AA9BFE is a blue with RGB values 170, 155, 254 and HSL 249°, 98%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AA9BFE#AA9BFE

HEX#AA9BFE

RGBrgb(170, 155, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6078, 0.9961

RGB percentages66.7%, 60.8%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(249.1, 98%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(249.1, 39%, 99.6%)

CMYK33.1%, 39%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,181,054

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9BFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39144WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.83:1

Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#556401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7CAAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7DA6FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Tritanopia#95ADC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17 Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.4 Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.5 Plum · ΔE 26.3 Slate blue · ΔE 27.2 Royal blue · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EFFE9B

Analogous#9BBEFE, #DC9BFE

Triadic#FEAA9B, #9BFEAA

Split complementary#FEDC9B, #BDFE9B

Tetradic#FE9BBD, #EFFE9B, #9BFEDC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D5CDFF

Darker −10%#7F69FD

Darker −20%#5436FD

Darker −30%#2904FC

Darker −40%#2002CB

More saturated +25%#A99AFF

Less saturated −25%#B3A8F1

Channel breakdown

R170

G155

B254

Red170 (66.7%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue249.09°

Saturation (HSL)98.02%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G 9B · B FE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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