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Recognised as Colour

#AAA2CF

  • #AAA2CF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#AAA2CF is a blue with RGB values 170, 162, 207 and HSL 251°, 32%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#AAA2CF#AAA2CF
HEX#AAA2CF
RGBrgb(170, 162, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6353, 0.8118
RGB percentages66.7%, 63.5%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(250.7, 31.9%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.7, 21.7%, 81.2%)
CMYK17.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,182,799
CSS custom property--colour: #AAA2CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#555D30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98A8D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#99A7CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A3A9B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 17.1Light steelblue · ΔE 17.8Plum · ΔE 21Light slate grey · ΔE 22Slate grey · ΔE 24.1Dark grey · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 17.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C7CFA2
Analogous#A2B0CF, #C1A2CF
Triadic#CFAAA2, #A2CFAA
Split complementary#CFC1A2, #B0CFA2
Tetradic#CFA2B0, #C7CFA2, #A2CFC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7E5F2
Lighter +10%#C9C4E0
Darker −10%#8B80BE
Darker −20%#6D5FAC
Darker −30%#564A8E
Darker −40%#42386D
More saturated +25%#9F90E1
Less saturated −25%#B5B4BD

Channel breakdown

R170
G162
B207
Red170 (66.7%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue250.67°
Saturation (HSL)31.91%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G A2 · B CF

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