Recognised as Colour

#A296BC

#A296BC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#A296BC is a violet with RGB values 162, 150, 188 and HSL 259°, 22%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#A296BC#A296BC

HEX#A296BC

RGBrgb(162, 150, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.5882, 0.7373

RGB percentages63.5%, 58.8%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(258.9, 22.1%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.9, 20.2%, 73.7%)

CMYK13.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,655,420

CSS custom property--colour: #A296BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33125WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.62:1

Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#5D6943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8F9CBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#909CBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#9E9BA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 17.9 Thistle · ΔE 18.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 19.7 Slate grey · ΔE 19.7 Dark grey · ΔE 22.3 Plum · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 17.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B0BC96

Analogous#969DBC, #B596BC

Triadic#BCA296, #96BCA2

Split complementary#BCB596, #9DBC96

Tetradic#BC969D, #B0BC96, #96BCB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F3F8

Lighter +20%#D9D4E4

Lighter +10%#BEB5D0

Darker −10%#8677A8

Darker −20%#6C5C90

Darker −30%#554871

Darker −40%#3E3452

More saturated +25%#9A81D2

Less saturated −25%#A9A9A9

Channel breakdown

R162

G150

B188

Red162 (63.5%)

Green150 (58.8%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue258.95°

Saturation (HSL)22.09%

Lightness66.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G 96 · B BC

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Colour values

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