Recognised as Colour

#ACA4DC

#ACA4DC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#ACA4DC is a blue with RGB values 172, 164, 220 and HSL 249°, 44%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#ACA4DC#ACA4DC

HEX#ACA4DC

RGBrgb(172, 164, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6431, 0.8627

RGB percentages67.5%, 64.3%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(248.6, 44.4%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(248.6, 25.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK21.8%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,314,396

CSS custom property--colour: #ACA4DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1

Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#535B23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#96ACDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#97A9DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A2ADB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

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

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.1 Thistle · ΔE 20.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 21.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24 Steel blue · ΔE 25.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D4DCA4

Analogous#A4B8DC, #C8A4DC

Triadic#DCACA4, #A4DCAC

Split complementary#DCC8A4, #B8DCA4

Tetradic#DCA4B8, #D4DCA4, #A4DCC8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EFEEF8

Lighter +10%#CEC9EA

Darker −10%#8A7FCE

Darker −20%#695AC0

Darker −30%#4F40A7

Darker −40%#3D3282

More saturated +25%#A194EC

Less saturated −25%#B7B4CC

Channel breakdown

R172

G164

B220

Red172 (67.5%)

Green164 (64.3%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue248.57°

Saturation (HSL)44.44%

Lightness75.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AC · G A4 · B DC

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Colour values

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