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Recognised as Colour

#9A8AAE

  • #9A8AAE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9A8AAE is a violet with RGB values 154, 138, 174 and HSL 267°, 18%, 61%. 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

#9A8AAE#9A8AAE
HEX#9A8AAE
RGBrgb(154, 138, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.5412, 0.6824
RGB percentages60.4%, 54.1%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(266.7, 18.2%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.7, 20.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK11.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,128,046
CSS custom property--colour: #9A8AAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.62:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#657551

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8490B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8791ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#978F96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 16.9Slate grey · ΔE 17.9Thistle · ΔE 21.4Gray · ΔE 22.2Dark grey · ΔE 23.2Light steelblue · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 16.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EAE8A
Analogous#8A8CAE, #AC8AAE
Triadic#AE9A8A, #8AAE9A
Split complementary#AEAC8A, #8CAE8A
Tetradic#AE8A8C, #9EAE8A, #8AAEAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8E4ED
Lighter +20%#CEC6D8
Lighter +10%#B4A8C3
Darker −10%#806C99
Darker −20%#67567C
Darker −30%#4E415E
Darker −40%#352C40
More saturated +25%#9771C7
Less saturated −25%#9C9C9C

Channel breakdown

R154
G138
B174
Red154 (60.4%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue266.67°
Saturation (HSL)18.18%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G 8A · B AE

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