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Recognised as Colour

#A99FBF

  • #A99FBF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A99FBF is a violet with RGB values 169, 159, 191 and HSL 259°, 20%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A99FBF#A99FBF
HEX#A99FBF
RGBrgb(169, 159, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6235, 0.749
RGB percentages66.3%, 62.4%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(258.8, 20%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.8, 16.8%, 74.9%)
CMYK11.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,116,479
CSS custom property--colour: #A99FBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.4:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#566040

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99A4C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AA4BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#A5A3AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 14.5Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8Light slate grey · ΔE 17.1Dark grey · ΔE 18.2Slate grey · ΔE 19.4Silver · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 14.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5BF9F
Analogous#9FA5BF, #B99FBF
Triadic#BFA99F, #9FBFA9
Split complementary#BFB99F, #A5BF9F
Tetradic#BF9FA5, #B5BF9F, #9FBFB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFBFC
Lighter +20%#E0DCE8
Lighter +10%#C4BED3
Darker −10%#8E80AB
Darker −20%#736395
Darker −30%#5B4F76
Darker −40%#443A58
More saturated +25%#A28BD3
Less saturated −25%#AFAFAF

Channel breakdown

R169
G159
B191
Red169 (66.3%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue258.75°
Saturation (HSL)20%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 9F · B BF

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