Colour

#A69DBB

#A69DBB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#A69DBB is a violet with RGB values 166, 157, 187 and HSL 258°, 18%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#A69DBB

RGBrgb(166, 157, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6157, 0.7333

RGB percentages65.1%, 61.6%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(258, 18.1%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258, 16%, 73.3%)

CMYK11.2%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,919,355

CSS custom property--colour: #A69DBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.16:1

Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#596244

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#97A1BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Deuteranopia#99A1BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A3A1A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 15.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 15.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 16 Dark grey · ΔE 17.2 Slate grey · ΔE 18.1 Silver · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B2BB9D

Analogous#9DA3BB, #B59DBB

Triadic#BBA69D, #9DBBA6

Split complementary#BBB59D, #A3BB9D

Tetradic#BB9DA3, #B2BB9D, #9DBBB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F7FA

Lighter +20%#DDD9E5

Lighter +10%#C1BBD0

Darker −10%#8B7FA6

Darker −20%#70638F

Darker −30%#594E71

Darker −40%#413953

More saturated +25%#9E88D0

Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R166

G157

B187

Red166 (65.1%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue258°

Saturation (HSL)18.07%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 9D · B BB

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Colour values

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