Recognised as Colour

#AA9CBF

#AA9CBF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#AA9CBF is a violet with RGB values 170, 156, 191 and HSL 264°, 21%, 68%. 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

#AA9CBF#AA9CBF

HEX#AA9CBF

RGBrgb(170, 156, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6118, 0.749

RGB percentages66.7%, 61.2%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(264, 21.5%, 68%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264, 18.3%, 74.9%)

CMYK11%, 18.3%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,181,247

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9CBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.22:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#556340

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#96A2C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#98A2BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A7A1A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 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 text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 15.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 17.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 18.5 Dark grey · ΔE 20.3 Slate grey · ΔE 20.5 Plum · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B1BF9C

Analogous#9CA0BF, #BC9CBF

Triadic#BFAA9C, #9CBFAA

Split complementary#BFBB9C, #A0BF9C

Tetradic#BF9CA0, #B1BF9C, #9CBFBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF9FB

Lighter +20%#DFDAE7

Lighter +10%#C5BBD3

Darker −10%#8F7DAB

Darker −20%#756095

Darker −30%#5D4C76

Darker −40%#443857

More saturated +25%#A688D3

Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R170

G156

B191

Red170 (66.7%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue264°

Saturation (HSL)21.47%

Lightness68.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G 9C · B BF

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