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Recognised as Colour

#A19CAE

  • #A19CAE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A19CAE is a violet with RGB values 161, 156, 174 and HSL 257°, 10%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A19CAE#A19CAE
HEX#A19CAE
RGBrgb(161, 156, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.6118, 0.6824
RGB percentages63.1%, 61.2%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(256.7, 10%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.7, 10.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK7.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,591,406
CSS custom property--colour: #A19CAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#5E6351

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999EAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#999EADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9F9EA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.9Light slate grey · ΔE 12.3Slate grey · ΔE 14.6Gray · ΔE 15.5Silver · ΔE 16.1Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9AE9C
Analogous#9CA0AE, #AA9CAE
Triadic#AEA19C, #9CAEA1
Split complementary#AEAA9C, #A0AE9C
Tetradic#AE9CA0, #A9AE9C, #9CAEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F0F3
Lighter +20%#D6D4DC
Lighter +10%#BCB8C5
Darker −10%#868097
Darker −20%#6D677D
Darker −30%#555061
Darker −40%#3C3945
More saturated +25%#9785C4
Less saturated −25%#A5A5A5

Channel breakdown

R161
G156
B174
Red161 (63.1%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue256.67°
Saturation (HSL)10%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 9C · B AE

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