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Recognised as Colour

#A69EB1

  • #A69EB1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A69EB1 is a violet with RGB values 166, 158, 177 and HSL 265°, 11%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A69EB1#A69EB1
HEX#A69EB1
RGBrgb(166, 158, 177)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.6196, 0.6941
RGB percentages65.1%, 62%, 69.4%
HSLhsl(265.3, 10.9%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.3, 10.7%, 69.4%)
CMYK6.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,919,601
CSS custom property--colour: #A69EB1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.15:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#59614E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BA1B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CA1B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A5A0A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.4Light slate grey · ΔE 13.8Thistle · ΔE 15.3Silver · ΔE 15.8Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Slate grey · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9B19E
Analogous#9EA0B1, #B09EB1
Triadic#B1A69E, #9EB1A6
Split complementary#B1B09E, #A0B19E
Tetradic#B19EA0, #A9B19E, #9EB1B0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F3F5
Lighter +20%#DAD7DE
Lighter +10%#C0BAC8
Darker −10%#8C829A
Darker −20%#736881
Darker −30%#595165
Darker −40%#403A49
More saturated +25%#A388C7
Less saturated −25%#A8A8A8

Channel breakdown

R166
G158
B177
Red166 (65.1%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue177 (69.4%)
Hue265.26°
Saturation (HSL)10.86%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 9E · B B1

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