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Recognised as Colour

#A9A3B8

  • #A9A3B8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A9A3B8 is a violet with RGB values 169, 163, 184 and HSL 257°, 13%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A9A3B8#A9A3B8
HEX#A9A3B8
RGBrgb(169, 163, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.6392, 0.7216
RGB percentages66.3%, 63.9%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(257.1, 12.9%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.1, 11.4%, 72.2%)
CMYK8.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,117,496
CSS custom property--colour: #A9A3B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.62:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#565C47

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA6B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A6B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A7A6AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.9Light steelblue · ΔE 13.8Thistle · ΔE 13.9Light slate grey · ΔE 14.9Silver · ΔE 15.2Slate grey · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2B8A3
Analogous#A3A8B8, #B4A3B8
Triadic#B8A9A3, #A3B8A9
Split complementary#B8B4A3, #A8B8A3
Tetradic#B8A3A8, #B2B8A3, #A3B8B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF9FB
Lighter +20%#DFDDE4
Lighter +10%#C4C0CE
Darker −10%#8E86A2
Darker −20%#746B8A
Darker −30%#5C556D
Darker −40%#443E51
More saturated +25%#A08FCC
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R169
G163
B184
Red169 (66.3%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue257.14°
Saturation (HSL)12.88%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G A3 · B B8

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