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Recognised as Colour

#A68A99

  • #A68A99
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#A68A99 is a magenta with RGB values 166, 138, 153 and HSL 328°, 14%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#A68A99#A68A99
HEX#A68A99
RGBrgb(166, 138, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5412, 0.6
RGB percentages65.1%, 54.1%, 60%
HSLhsl(327.9, 13.6%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(327.9, 16.9%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 16.9%, 7.8%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,914,457
CSS custom property--colour: #A68A99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.72:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#597566

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C8F9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#929398no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#AA8A8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 11.7Gray · ΔE 15.4Dark grey · ΔE 16.4Light slate grey · ΔE 17.6Slate grey · ΔE 18.3Thistle · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 11.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AA697
Analogous#A58AA6, #A68A8B
Triadic#99A68A, #8A99A6
Split complementary#8BA68A, #8AA6A5
Tetradic#A6A58A, #8AA697, #8A8BA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFE
Lighter +30%#E8E1E5
Lighter +20%#D2C4CC
Lighter +10%#BCA7B2
Darker −10%#906D80
Darker −20%#735766
Darker −30%#56414C
Darker −40%#392B32
More saturated +25%#C0709B
Less saturated −25%#989898

Channel breakdown

R166
G138
B153
Red166 (65.1%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue327.86°
Saturation (HSL)13.59%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 8A · B 99

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