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Recognised as Colour

#AAA3B6

  • #AAA3B6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AAA3B6 is a violet with RGB values 170, 163, 182 and HSL 262°, 12%, 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

#AAA3B6#AAA3B6
HEX#AAA3B6
RGBrgb(170, 163, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6392, 0.7137
RGB percentages66.7%, 63.9%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(262.1, 11.5%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 10.4%, 71.4%)
CMYK6.6%, 10.4%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,183,030
CSS custom property--colour: #AAA3B6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38118WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.4 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#555C49

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0A6B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1A6B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#A8A5A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 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 10.9Thistle · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2Silver · ΔE 14.5Light slate grey · ΔE 15Slate grey · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFB6A3
Analogous#A3A5B6, #B4A3B6
Triadic#B6AAA3, #A3B6AA
Split complementary#B6B4A3, #A5B6A3
Tetradic#B6A3A5, #AFB6A3, #A3B6B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F8FA
Lighter +20%#DFDCE3
Lighter +10%#C4BFCD
Darker −10%#90879F
Darker −20%#766C87
Darker −30%#5D556B
Darker −40%#443E4F
More saturated +25%#A58ECB
Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R170
G163
B182
Red170 (66.7%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue262.11°
Saturation (HSL)11.52%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G A3 · B B6

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