Recognised as Colour
#A69AA3
- #A69AA3
- Grey
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#A69AA3 is a grey with RGB values 166, 154, 163 and HSL 315°, 6%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#A69AA3#A69AA3
HEX#A69AA3
RGBrgb(166, 154, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6039, 0.6392
RGB percentages65.1%, 60.4%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(315, 6.3%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(315, 7.2%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 7.2%, 1.8%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,918,563
CSS custom property--colour: #A69AA3;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.33863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#59655C
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#9AA69D
Analogous#A39AA6, #A69A9D
Triadic#A3A69A, #9AA3A6
Split complementary#9DA69A, #9AA6A3
Tetradic#A6A39A, #9AA69D, #9A9DA6
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R166
G154
B163
Red166 (65.1%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue315°
Saturation (HSL)6.32%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 9A · B A3
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