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Recognised as Colour

#A29BAE

  • #A29BAE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A29BAE is a violet with RGB values 162, 155, 174 and HSL 262°, 10%, 65%. 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

#A29BAE#A29BAE
HEX#A29BAE
RGBrgb(162, 155, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.6078, 0.6824
RGB percentages63.5%, 60.8%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(262.1, 10.5%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 10.9%, 68.2%)
CMYK6.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,656,686
CSS custom property--colour: #A29BAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3418WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.84:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#5D6451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989EAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#999EADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#A09DA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.7Light slate grey · ΔE 12.7Slate grey · ΔE 15Gray · ΔE 15.9Thistle · ΔE 16.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7AE9B
Analogous#9B9DAE, #AB9BAE
Triadic#AEA29B, #9BAEA2
Split complementary#AEAB9B, #9DAE9B
Tetradic#AE9B9D, #A7AE9B, #9BAEAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F0F2
Lighter +20%#D6D3DC
Lighter +10%#BCB7C5
Darker −10%#887F97
Darker −20%#6E667D
Darker −30%#564F61
Darker −40%#3D3845
More saturated +25%#9C84C5
Less saturated −25%#A4A4A4

Channel breakdown

R162
G155
B174
Red162 (63.5%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue262.11°
Saturation (HSL)10.5%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 9B · B AE

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