Recognised as Colour

#998CA0

#998CA0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#998CA0 is a violet with RGB values 153, 140, 160 and HSL 279°, 10%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#998CA0#998CA0

HEX#998CA0

RGBrgb(153, 140, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.549, 0.6275

RGB percentages60%, 54.9%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(279, 9.5%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279, 12.5%, 62.7%)

CMYK4.4%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,063,008

CSS custom property--colour: #998CA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28067WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1

Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#66735F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A90A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C919Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Tritanopia#998E93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.9 Slate grey · ΔE 13.1 Gray · ΔE 13.9 Dark grey · ΔE 15.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 17.9 Dim grey · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#93A08C

Analogous#8F8CA0, #A08C9D

Triadic#A0998C, #8CA099

Split complementary#9DA08C, #8CA08F

Tetradic#A08F8C, #93A08C, #8C9DA0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFCFC

Lighter +30%#E3E0E5

Lighter +20%#CBC4CE

Lighter +10%#B2A8B7

Darker −10%#807188

Darker −20%#665A6C

Darker −30%#4C4351

Darker −40%#312B35

More saturated +25%#A172BA

Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R153

G140

B160

Red153 (60%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue279°

Saturation (HSL)9.52%

Lightness58.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 8C · B A0

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