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Colour

#AA9CFD

  • #AA9CFD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#AA9CFD is a blue with RGB values 170, 156, 253 and HSL 249°, 96%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#AA9CFD#AA9CFD
HEX#AA9CFD
RGBrgb(170, 156, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6118, 0.9922
RGB percentages66.7%, 61.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(248.7, 96%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.7, 38.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK32.8%, 38.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,181,309
CSS custom property--colour: #AA9CFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.88:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#556302

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7EABFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7EA6FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#96AEC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.5Plum · ΔE 25.6Slate blue · ΔE 27.9Royal blue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFFD9C
Analogous#9CBFFD, #DB9CFD
Triadic#FDAA9C, #9CFDAA
Split complementary#FDDB9C, #BFFD9C
Tetradic#FD9CBE, #EFFD9C, #9CFDDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5CEFE
Darker −10%#7F6AFC
Darker −20%#5438FB
Darker −30%#2906FA
Darker −40%#2004C9
More saturated +25%#A99AFF
Less saturated −25%#B3A9F0

Channel breakdown

R170
G156
B253
Red170 (66.7%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue248.66°
Saturation (HSL)96.04%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G 9C · B FD

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