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Recognised as Colour

#A69DAD

  • #A69DAD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A69DAD is a violet with RGB values 166, 157, 173 and HSL 274°, 9%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A69DAD#A69DAD
HEX#A69DAD
RGBrgb(166, 157, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6157, 0.6784
RGB percentages65.1%, 61.6%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(273.8, 8.9%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.8, 9.2%, 67.8%)
CMYK4%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,919,341
CSS custom property--colour: #A69DAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.05:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#596252

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BA0AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA0ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#A59FA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.1Light slate grey · ΔE 13.8Silver · ΔE 15.1Gray · ΔE 15.6Thistle · ΔE 15.9Slate grey · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4AD9D
Analogous#9E9DAD, #AD9DAC
Triadic#ADA69D, #9DADA6
Split complementary#ACAD9D, #9DAD9E
Tetradic#AD9E9D, #A4AD9D, #9DACAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F0F3
Lighter +20%#D8D5DB
Lighter +10%#BFB9C4
Darker −10%#8D8196
Darker −20%#73687C
Darker −30%#595160
Darker −40%#403945
More saturated +25%#A986C3
Less saturated −25%#A5A5A5

Channel breakdown

R166
G157
B173
Red166 (65.1%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue273.75°
Saturation (HSL)8.89%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 9D · B AD

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