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Recognised as Colour

#A69DBE

  • #A69DBE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A69DBE is a violet with RGB values 166, 157, 190 and HSL 256°, 20%, 68%. 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

#A69DBE#A69DBE
HEX#A69DBE
RGBrgb(166, 157, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6157, 0.7451
RGB percentages65.1%, 61.6%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(256.4, 20.2%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.4, 17.4%, 74.5%)
CMYK12.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,919,358
CSS custom property--colour: #A69DBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#596241

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97A2BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A1BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#A2A2A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 15.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4Light slate grey · ΔE 16.7Dark grey · ΔE 18.8Slate grey · ΔE 18.9Silver · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5BE9D
Analogous#9DA5BE, #B79DBE
Triadic#BEA69D, #9DBEA6
Split complementary#BEB79D, #A5BE9D
Tetradic#BE9DA5, #B5BE9D, #9DBEB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF9FB
Lighter +20%#DEDAE7
Lighter +10%#C2BCD2
Darker −10%#8A7EAA
Darker −20%#6F6293
Darker −30%#584D75
Darker −40%#413956
More saturated +25%#9D89D2
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R166
G157
B190
Red166 (65.1%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue256.36°
Saturation (HSL)20.25%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 9D · B BE

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