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Recognised as Colour

#A997BA

  • #A997BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A997BA is a violet with RGB values 169, 151, 186 and HSL 271°, 20%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A997BA#A997BA
HEX#A997BA
RGBrgb(169, 151, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5922, 0.7294
RGB percentages66.3%, 59.2%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(270.9, 20.2%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.9, 18.8%, 72.9%)
CMYK9.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,114,426
CSS custom property--colour: #A997BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#566845

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#929DBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#959EB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A79BA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 16.4Light slate grey · ΔE 18.7Light steelblue · ΔE 19.9Slate grey · ΔE 20.4Dark grey · ΔE 21Plum · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 16.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8BA97
Analogous#9897BA, #BA97B9
Triadic#BAA997, #97BAA9
Split complementary#BABA97, #97BA97
Tetradic#BA9897, #A8BA97, #97B9BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F3F7
Lighter +20%#DCD4E3
Lighter +10%#C2B6CE
Darker −10%#9078A6
Darker −20%#765E8D
Darker −30%#5D496F
Darker −40%#433550
More saturated +25%#AA81D0
Less saturated −25%#A9A9A9

Channel breakdown

R169
G151
B186
Red169 (66.3%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue270.86°
Saturation (HSL)20.23%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 97 · B BA

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