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Recognised as Colour

#A699B5

  • #A699B5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#A699B5 is a violet with RGB values 166, 153, 181 and HSL 268°, 16%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#A699B5#A699B5
HEX#A699B5
RGBrgb(166, 153, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6, 0.7098
RGB percentages65.1%, 60%, 71%
HSLhsl(267.9, 15.9%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.9, 15.5%, 71%)
CMYK8.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,918,325
CSS custom property--colour: #A699B5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34226WCAG 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 7.85:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#59664A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#959EB6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#979EB4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A49DA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 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

Light slate grey · ΔE 15.6Thistle · ΔE 15.7Dark grey · ΔE 16.9Slate grey · ΔE 17.6Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7Gray · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 15.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8B599
Analogous#999AB5, #B499B5
Triadic#B5A699, #99B5A6
Split complementary#B5B499, #9AB599
Tetradic#B5999A, #A8B599, #99B5B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F2F5
Lighter +20%#DAD4E0
Lighter +10%#C0B7CA
Darker −10%#8C7BA0
Darker −20%#736286
Darker −30%#594C69
Darker −40%#40374B
More saturated +25%#A483CB
Less saturated −25%#A7A7A7

Channel breakdown

R166
G153
B181
Red166 (65.1%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue267.86°
Saturation (HSL)15.91%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 99 · B B5

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