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Recognised as Colour

#9988AA

  • #9988AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9988AA is a violet with RGB values 153, 136, 170 and HSL 270°, 17%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9988AA#9988AA
HEX#9988AA
HEX (short)#98A
RGBrgb(153, 136, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5333, 0.6667
RGB percentages60%, 53.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(270, 16.7%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 20%, 66.7%)
CMYK10%, 20%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,061,994
CSS custom property--colour: #9988AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27283WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.46:1
Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#667755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#838EABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#868FA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#978C93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 16.3Slate grey · ΔE 17.2Gray · ΔE 21.1Thistle · ΔE 21.8Dark grey · ΔE 22.7Rosy brown · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 16.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99AA88
Analogous#8888AA, #AA88AA
Triadic#AA9988, #88AA99
Split complementary#AAAA88, #88AA88
Tetradic#AA8888, #99AA88, #88AAAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6E1EA
Lighter +20%#CCC4D5
Lighter +10%#B3A6BF
Darker −10%#806A95
Darker −20%#665577
Darker −30%#4D4059
Darker −40%#332B3C
More saturated +25%#996FC3
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R153
G136
B170
Red153 (60%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)16.67%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 88 · B AA

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