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Recognised as Colour

#A96DA5

  • #A96DA5
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A96DA5 is a magenta with RGB values 169, 109, 165 and HSL 304°, 26%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A96DA5#A96DA5
HEX#A96DA5
RGBrgb(169, 109, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.4275, 0.6471
RGB percentages66.3%, 42.7%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(304, 25.9%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(304, 35.5%, 66.3%)
CMYK0%, 35.5%, 2.4%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,103,653
CSS custom property--colour: #A96DA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.42:1
Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#56925A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A7CA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#7984A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AD7282no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.3Pale violetred · ΔE 25.1Orchid · ΔE 27.8Medium purple · ΔE 30Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.6Violet · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DA971
Analogous#8F6DA9, #A96D87
Triadic#A5A96D, #6DA5A9
Split complementary#87A96D, #6DA98F
Tetradic#A98F6D, #6DA971, #6D87A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5EDF4
Lighter +30%#E2CDE0
Lighter +20%#CFADCD
Lighter +10%#BC8DB9
Darker −10%#8F548B
Darker −20%#6F416C
Darker −30%#4F2E4D
Darker −40%#2F1B2D
More saturated +25%#C650BE
Less saturated −25%#8C8A8C

Channel breakdown

R169
G109
B165
Red169 (66.3%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue304°
Saturation (HSL)25.86%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A9 · G 6D · B A5

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