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Recognised as Colour

#8A699A

  • #8A699A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#8A699A is a violet with RGB values 138, 105, 154 and HSL 280°, 20%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#8A699A#8A699A
HEX#8A699A
RGBrgb(138, 105, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.5412, 0.4118, 0.6039
RGB percentages54.1%, 41.2%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(280.4, 19.5%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 31.8%, 60.4%)
CMYK10.4%, 31.8%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,071,002
CSS custom property--colour: #8A699A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#759665

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#62739Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#697698no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Tritanopia#896F7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 26.1Slate grey · ΔE 27.3Light slate grey · ΔE 27.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.8Steel blue · ΔE 28.8Gray · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 26.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#799A69
Analogous#71699A, #9A6992
Triadic#9A8A69, #699A8A
Split complementary#929A69, #699A71
Tetradic#9A7169, #799A69, #69929A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9E3EC
Lighter +30%#D1C4D8
Lighter +20%#BAA6C3
Lighter +10%#A287AF
Darker −10%#6F547C
Darker −20%#543F5E
Darker −30%#392B3F
Darker −40%#1D1621
More saturated +25%#954AB9
Less saturated −25%#828282

Channel breakdown

R138
G105
B154
Red138 (54.1%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue280.41°
Saturation (HSL)19.52%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8A · G 69 · B 9A

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