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Recognised as Colour

#998EA6

  • #998EA6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#998EA6 is a violet with RGB values 153, 142, 166 and HSL 268°, 12%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#998EA6#998EA6
HEX#998EA6
RGBrgb(153, 142, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5569, 0.651
RGB percentages60%, 55.7%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(267.5, 11.9%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.5, 14.5%, 65.1%)
CMYK7.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,063,526
CSS custom property--colour: #998EA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28871WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.77:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#667159

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A92A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C92A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#979196no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12Slate grey · ΔE 13.5Gray · ΔE 15.9Dark grey · ΔE 16.6Rosy brown · ΔE 19.8Thistle · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BA68E
Analogous#8E8FA6, #A58EA6
Triadic#A6998E, #8EA699
Split complementary#A6A58E, #8FA68E
Tetradic#A68E8F, #9BA68E, #8EA6A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6E4E9
Lighter +20%#CDC7D3
Lighter +10%#B3ABBC
Darker −10%#7F7190
Darker −20%#665B73
Darker −30%#4D4457
Darker −40%#332E3A
More saturated +25%#9775BF
Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R153
G142
B166
Red153 (60%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue267.5°
Saturation (HSL)11.88%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 8E · B A6

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