Colour

#A697C1

#A697C1
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#A697C1 is a violet with RGB values 166, 151, 193 and HSL 261°, 25%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#A697C1

RGBrgb(166, 151, 193)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5922, 0.7569

RGB percentages65.1%, 59.2%, 75.7%

HSLhsl(261.4, 25.3%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.4, 21.8%, 75.7%)

CMYK14%, 21.8%, 0%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,917,825

CSS custom property--colour: #A697C1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1

Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#59683E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8F9EC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#919EC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A29DA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 18.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 20.4 Plum · ΔE 20.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 20.7 Slate grey · ΔE 22.1 Dark grey · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 18.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B2C197

Analogous#979DC1, #BB97C1

Triadic#C1A697, #97C1A6

Split complementary#C1BB97, #9DC197

Tetradic#C1979D, #B2C197, #97C1BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F7FA

Lighter +20%#DDD7E7

Lighter +10%#C1B7D4

Darker −10%#8B77AE

Darker −20%#705A98

Darker −30%#594778

Darker −40%#413458

More saturated +25%#A082D6

Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R166

G151

B193

Red166 (65.1%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue193 (75.7%)

Hue261.43°

Saturation (HSL)25.3%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 97 · B C1

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