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Recognised as Colour

#AAA4B6

  • #AAA4B6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AAA4B6 is a violet with RGB values 170, 164, 182 and HSL 260°, 11%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AAA4B6#AAA4B6
HEX#AAA4B6
RGBrgb(170, 164, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6431, 0.7137
RGB percentages66.7%, 64.3%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(260, 11%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 9.9%, 71.4%)
CMYK6.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,183,286
CSS custom property--colour: #AAA4B6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.69:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#555B49

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A7B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2A7B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A8A6AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.2Silver · ΔE 13.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14Thistle · ΔE 14Light slate grey · ΔE 15Slate grey · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0B6A4
Analogous#A4A7B6, #B3A4B6
Triadic#B6AAA4, #A4B6AA
Split complementary#B6B3A4, #A7B6A4
Tetradic#B6A4A7, #B0B6A4, #A4B6B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F9FA
Lighter +20%#DFDDE3
Lighter +10%#C4C0CD
Darker −10%#90889F
Darker −20%#766D87
Darker −30%#5D566B
Darker −40%#443F4F
More saturated +25%#A390CB
Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R170
G164
B182
Red170 (66.7%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)10.98%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G A4 · B B6

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