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Recognised as Colour

#A69CB9

  • #A69CB9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A69CB9 is a violet with RGB values 166, 156, 185 and HSL 261°, 17%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A69CB9#A69CB9
HEX#A69CB9
RGBrgb(166, 156, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6118, 0.7255
RGB percentages65.1%, 61.2%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(260.7, 17.2%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 15.7%, 72.5%)
CMYK10.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,919,097
CSS custom property--colour: #A69CB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.08:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#596346

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97A0BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A0B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A3A0A6no 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 text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 15.2Light slate grey · ΔE 15.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4Dark grey · ΔE 16.9Slate grey · ΔE 17.8Silver · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFB99C
Analogous#9CA1B9, #B59CB9
Triadic#B9A69C, #9CB9A6
Split complementary#B9B59C, #A1B99C
Tetradic#B99CA0, #AFB99C, #9CB9B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F6F8
Lighter +20%#DCD8E3
Lighter +10%#C1BACE
Darker −10%#8B7EA4
Darker −20%#71638C
Darker −30%#594E6E
Darker −40%#413950
More saturated +25%#9F87CE
Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R166
G156
B185
Red166 (65.1%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue260.69°
Saturation (HSL)17.16%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 9C · B B9

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