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Recognised as Colour

#A299AE

  • #A299AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#A299AE is a violet with RGB values 162, 153, 174 and HSL 266°, 11%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#A299AE#A299AE
HEX#A299AE
RGBrgb(162, 153, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.6, 0.6824
RGB percentages63.5%, 60%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(265.7, 11.5%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.7, 12.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK6.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,656,174
CSS custom property--colour: #A299AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.7:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#5D6651

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969CAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#979DADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A09CA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 13Dark grey · ΔE 13.1Slate grey · ΔE 15.1Gray · ΔE 16.4Thistle · ΔE 16.6Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 13.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5AE99
Analogous#999BAE, #AC99AE
Triadic#AEA299, #99AEA2
Split complementary#AEAC99, #9BAE99
Tetradic#AE999B, #A5AE99, #99AEAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0EEF2
Lighter +20%#D6D2DB
Lighter +10%#BCB5C5
Darker −10%#887D97
Darker −20%#6F647D
Darker −30%#564D61
Darker −40%#3C3645
More saturated +25%#9F82C5
Less saturated −25%#A3A3A3

Channel breakdown

R162
G153
B174
Red162 (63.5%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue265.71°
Saturation (HSL)11.48%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 99 · B AE

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