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Recognised as Colour

#A99BC6

  • #A99BC6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A99BC6 is a violet with RGB values 169, 155, 198 and HSL 260°, 27%, 69%. 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

#A99BC6#A99BC6
HEX#A99BC6
RGBrgb(169, 155, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6078, 0.7765
RGB percentages66.3%, 60.8%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(259.5, 27.4%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 21.7%, 77.6%)
CMYK14.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,115,462
CSS custom property--colour: #A99BC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.7 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#566439

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93A2C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#95A1C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#A4A1AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 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 17.5Light steelblue · ΔE 19.8Plum · ΔE 20.1Light slate grey · ΔE 21.2Slate grey · ΔE 23Dark grey · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 17.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8C69B
Analogous#9BA3C6, #BF9BC6
Triadic#C6A99B, #9BC6A9
Split complementary#C6BF9B, #A3C69B
Tetradic#C69BA3, #B8C69B, #9BC6BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFCFE
Lighter +20%#E1DCEB
Lighter +10%#C5BBD9
Darker −10%#8D7BB3
Darker −20%#725BA0
Darker −30%#5A497F
Darker −40%#43365F
More saturated +25%#A287DA
Less saturated −25%#B0AFB2

Channel breakdown

R169
G155
B198
Red169 (66.3%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue259.53°
Saturation (HSL)27.39%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 9B · B C6

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