Colour

#AAAAF0

#AAAAF0
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#AAAAF0 is a blue with RGB values 170, 170, 240 and HSL 240°, 70%, 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

#AAAAF0#AAAAF0

HEX#AAAAF0

RGBrgb(170, 170, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6667, 0.9412

RGB percentages66.7%, 66.7%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(240, 70%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 29.2%, 94.1%)

CMYK29.2%, 29.2%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,184,880

CSS custom property--colour: #AAAAF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43587WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.72:1

Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF

Inverted#55550F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#96B3F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#94AEEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Tritanopia#99B7C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.5 Plum · ΔE 21.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 26.6 Thistle · ΔE 27 Steel blue · ΔE 27.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 18.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F0F0AA

Analogous#AACDF0, #CDAAF0

Triadic#F0AAAA, #AAF0AA

Split complementary#F0CDAA, #CDF0AA

Tetradic#F0AACD, #F0F0AA, #AAF0CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D5D5F8

Darker −10%#7F7FE8

Darker −20%#5353E1

Darker −30%#2828D9

Darker −40%#1F1FAF

More saturated +25%#9E9EFD

Less saturated −25%#B7B7E4

Channel breakdown

R170

G170

B240

Red170 (66.7%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)70%

Lightness80.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G AA · B F0

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Colour values

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