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Recognised as Colour

#9A8EA6

  • #9A8EA6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9A8EA6 is a violet with RGB values 154, 142, 166 and HSL 270°, 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

#9A8EA6#9A8EA6
HEX#9A8EA6
RGBrgb(154, 142, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.5569, 0.651
RGB percentages60.4%, 55.7%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(270, 11.9%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 14.5%, 65.1%)
CMYK7.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,129,062
CSS custom property--colour: #9A8EA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.79:1
Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#657159

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A92A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D93A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#999196no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.4Slate grey · ΔE 13.8Gray · ΔE 16Dark grey · ΔE 16.6Rosy brown · ΔE 19.5Thistle · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AA68E
Analogous#8E8EA6, #A68EA6
Triadic#A69A8E, #8EA69A
Split complementary#A6A68E, #8EA68E
Tetradic#A68E8E, #9AA68E, #8EA6A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7E4E9
Lighter +20%#CDC7D3
Lighter +10%#B4ABBC
Darker −10%#817190
Darker −20%#675B73
Darker −30%#4E4457
Darker −40%#342E3A
More saturated +25%#9A75BF
Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R154
G142
B166
Red154 (60.4%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)11.88%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G 8E · B A6

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