Colour

#AA9EBC

#AA9EBC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#AA9EBC is a violet with RGB values 170, 158, 188 and HSL 264°, 18%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#AA9EBC#AA9EBC

HEX#AA9EBC

RGBrgb(170, 158, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6196, 0.7373

RGB percentages66.7%, 62%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(264, 18.3%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264, 16%, 73.7%)

CMYK9.6%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,181,756

CSS custom property--colour: #AA9EBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.33:1

Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#556143

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#99A3BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9BA3BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Tritanopia#A7A2A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 14.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 16.9 Dark grey · ΔE 17.4 Slate grey · ΔE 19.1 Silver · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 14.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B0BC9E

Analogous#9EA1BC, #B99EBC

Triadic#BCAA9E, #9EBCAA

Split complementary#BCB99E, #A1BC9E

Tetradic#BC9EA1, #B0BC9E, #9EBCB9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F8FB

Lighter +20%#DFDAE6

Lighter +10%#C4BCD1

Darker −10%#9080A7

Darker −20%#766490

Darker −30%#5D4F72

Darker −40%#443A54

More saturated +25%#A68AD1

Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R170

G158

B188

Red170 (66.7%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue264°

Saturation (HSL)18.29%

Lightness67.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G 9E · B BC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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