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Recognised as Colour

#AEA6BA

  • #AEA6BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#AEA6BA is a violet with RGB values 174, 166, 186 and HSL 264°, 13%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#AEA6BA#AEA6BA
HEX#AEA6BA
RGBrgb(174, 166, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.651, 0.7294
RGB percentages68.2%, 65.1%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(264, 12.7%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264, 10.8%, 72.9%)
CMYK6.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,445,946
CSS custom property--colour: #AEA6BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39816WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.96:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#515945

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A9BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A9B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#ACA9ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.4Thistle · ΔE 12.6Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Silver · ΔE 14.1Light slate grey · ΔE 16.2Slate grey · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2BAA6
Analogous#A6A8BA, #B8A6BA
Triadic#BAAEA6, #A6BAAE
Split complementary#BAB8A6, #A8BAA6
Tetradic#BAA6A8, #B2BAA6, #A6BAB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFCFD
Lighter +20%#E2DFE7
Lighter +10%#C8C3D0
Darker −10%#9489A4
Darker −20%#7A6D8D
Darker −30%#615770
Darker −40%#484153
More saturated +25%#AA92CE
Less saturated −25%#B0B0B0

Channel breakdown

R174
G166
B186
Red174 (68.2%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue264°
Saturation (HSL)12.66%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G A6 · B BA

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