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Recognised as Colour

#AEA6FD

  • #AEA6FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#AEA6FD is a blue with RGB values 174, 166, 253 and HSL 246°, 96%, 82%. 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

#AEA6FD#AEA6FD
HEX#AEA6FD
RGBrgb(174, 166, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.651, 0.9922
RGB percentages68.2%, 65.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(245.5, 95.6%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.5, 34.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK31.2%, 34.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,446,013
CSS custom property--colour: #AEA6FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.67:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#515902

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DB2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BAEFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9BB6C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.5Plum · ΔE 22.8Medium purple · ΔE 23.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.4Royal blue · ΔE 33.5Slate blue · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5FDA6
Analogous#A6CAFD, #D9A6FD
Triadic#FDAEA6, #A6FDAE
Split complementary#FDDAA6, #C9FDA6
Tetradic#FDA6CA, #F5FDA6, #A6FDD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DBD8FE
Darker −10%#8174FC
Darker −20%#5342FB
Darker −30%#2610FA
Darker −40%#1805D2
More saturated +25%#ACA4FF
Less saturated −25%#B7B1F2

Channel breakdown

R174
G166
B253
Red174 (68.2%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue245.52°
Saturation (HSL)95.6%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G A6 · B FD

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