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Colour

#A69A8A

  • #A69A8A
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A69A8A is a orange with RGB values 166, 154, 138 and HSL 34°, 14%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A69A8A#A69A8A
HEX#A69A8A
RGBrgb(166, 154, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6039, 0.5412
RGB percentages65.1%, 60.4%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(34.3, 13.6%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(34.3, 16.9%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 7.2%, 16.9%, 34.9%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,918,538
CSS custom property--colour: #A69A8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#596575

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#9F9A89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A29D8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AB9795no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#8A96A6
Analogous#A68C8A, #A4A68A
Triadic#8AA69A, #9A8AA6
Split complementary#8AA4A6, #8C8AA6
Tetradic#8AA68C, #8A96A6, #A68AA4

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FEFEFE
Lighter +30%#E8E5E1
Lighter +20%#D2CCC4
Lighter +10%#BCB3A7
Darker −10%#90816D
Darker −20%#736757
Darker −30%#564D41
Darker −40%#39332B
More saturated +25%#C09E70
Less saturated −25%#989898

Channel breakdown

R166
G154
B138
Red166 (65.1%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue34.29°
Saturation (HSL)13.59%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 9A · B 8A

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