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Recognised as Colour

#A998CE

  • #A998CE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A998CE is a violet with RGB values 169, 152, 206 and HSL 259°, 36%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A998CE#A998CE
HEX#A998CE
RGBrgb(169, 152, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5961, 0.8078
RGB percentages66.3%, 59.6%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(258.9, 35.5%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.9, 26.2%, 80.8%)
CMYK18%, 26.2%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,114,702
CSS custom property--colour: #A998CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.07:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#566731

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DA0D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA0CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Tritanopia#A2A0ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.4Thistle · ΔE 21.8Light steelblue · ΔE 24.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.5Steel blue · ΔE 26.1Light slate grey · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDCE98
Analogous#98A2CE, #C498CE
Triadic#CEA998, #98CEA9
Split complementary#CEC498, #A2CE98
Tetradic#CE98A2, #BDCE98, #98CEC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3DDEF
Lighter +10%#C6BBDE
Darker −10%#8C75BE
Darker −20%#6F53AD
Darker −30%#59428B
Darker −40%#433268
More saturated +25%#A285E1
Less saturated −25%#B0ABBB

Channel breakdown

R169
G152
B206
Red169 (66.3%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue258.89°
Saturation (HSL)35.53%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 98 · B CE

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