Colour

#A696CB

#A696CB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A696CB is a violet with RGB values 166, 150, 203 and HSL 258°, 34%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A696CB#A696CB

HEX#A696CB

RGBrgb(166, 150, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5882, 0.7961

RGB percentages65.1%, 58.8%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(258.1, 33.8%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.1, 26.1%, 79.6%)

CMYK18.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,917,579

CSS custom property--colour: #A696CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34231WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.85:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#596934

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8B9ECDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D9EC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9F9EA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 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 text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.1 Thistle · ΔE 22 Light steelblue · ΔE 24.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 25.3 Steel blue · ΔE 25.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BBCB96

Analogous#96A0CB, #C196CB

Triadic#CBA696, #96CBA6

Split complementary#CBC096, #A1CB96

Tetradic#CB96A0, #BBCB96, #96CBC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCFE

Lighter +20%#E0DAED

Lighter +10%#C3B8DC

Darker −10%#8974BA

Darker −20%#6D53A8

Darker −30%#574286

Darker −40%#413164

More saturated +25%#9E82DF

Less saturated −25%#AEAAB7

Channel breakdown

R166

G150

B203

Red166 (65.1%)

Green150 (58.8%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue258.11°

Saturation (HSL)33.76%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 96 · B CB

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