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Recognised as Colour

#A29BAB

  • #A29BAB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A29BAB is a violet with RGB values 162, 155, 171 and HSL 266°, 9%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A29BAB#A29BAB
HEX#A29BAB
RGBrgb(162, 155, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.6078, 0.6706
RGB percentages63.5%, 60.8%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(266.3, 8.7%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 9.4%, 67.1%)
CMYK5.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,656,683
CSS custom property--colour: #A29BAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.81:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#5D6454

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#999DACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9EAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A19DA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.2Light slate grey · ΔE 12.6Gray · ΔE 14.7Slate grey · ΔE 14.8Silver · ΔE 15.7Thistle · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4AB9B
Analogous#9B9CAB, #AA9BAB
Triadic#ABA29B, #9BABA2
Split complementary#ABAA9B, #9CAB9B
Tetradic#AB9B9C, #A4AB9B, #9BABAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFEEF1
Lighter +20%#D6D2DA
Lighter +10%#BCB7C2
Darker −10%#887F94
Darker −20%#6F667A
Darker −30%#564F5E
Darker −40%#3C3842
More saturated +25%#9F84C2
Less saturated −25%#A3A3A3

Channel breakdown

R162
G155
B171
Red162 (63.5%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue266.25°
Saturation (HSL)8.7%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 9B · B AB

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