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Recognised as Colour

#A499AA

  • #A499AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A499AA is a violet with RGB values 164, 153, 170 and HSL 279°, 9%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A499AA#A499AA
HEX#A499AA
RGBrgb(164, 153, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.6, 0.6667
RGB percentages64.3%, 60%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(278.8, 9.1%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.8, 10%, 66.7%)
CMYK3.5%, 10%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,787,242
CSS custom property--colour: #A499AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33577WCAG 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 7.72:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#5B6655

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979CABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#999DA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A49B9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.3Light slate grey · ΔE 13.4Gray · ΔE 15.1Slate grey · ΔE 15.4Thistle · ΔE 16.7Silver · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FAA99
Analogous#9C99AA, #AA99A7
Triadic#AAA499, #99AAA4
Split complementary#A7AA99, #99AA9C
Tetradic#AA9C99, #9FAA99, #99A7AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEECF0
Lighter +20%#D6D1D8
Lighter +10%#BDB5C1
Darker −10%#8B7D93
Darker −20%#716479
Darker −30%#574D5D
Darker −40%#3D3641
More saturated +25%#AB82C1
Less saturated −25%#A2A2A2

Channel breakdown

R164
G153
B170
Red164 (64.3%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue278.82°
Saturation (HSL)9.09%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 99 · B AA

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