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Recognised as Colour

#A49AB6

  • #A49AB6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#A49AB6 is a violet with RGB values 164, 154, 182 and HSL 261°, 16%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#A49AB6#A49AB6
HEX#A49AB6
RGBrgb(164, 154, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.6039, 0.7137
RGB percentages64.3%, 60.4%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(261.4, 16.1%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.4, 15.4%, 71.4%)
CMYK9.9%, 15.4%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,787,510
CSS custom property--colour: #A49AB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#5B6549

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#959EB7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#979EB5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A19EA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 14.9Thistle · ΔE 15.9Dark grey · ΔE 16.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9Slate grey · ΔE 17Gray · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACB69A
Analogous#9A9EB6, #B29AB6
Triadic#B6A49A, #9AB6A4
Split complementary#B6B29A, #9EB69A
Tetradic#B69A9E, #ACB69A, #9AB6B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F3F6
Lighter +20%#D9D5E1
Lighter +10%#BFB8CB
Darker −10%#897CA1
Darker −20%#706288
Darker −30%#574D6A
Darker −40%#3F374D
More saturated +25%#9E84CC
Less saturated −25%#A8A8A8

Channel breakdown

R164
G154
B182
Red164 (64.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue261.43°
Saturation (HSL)16.09%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 9A · B B6

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