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#9682AA

Lilac · medium cool purple

About #9682AA

With the hex code #9682AA, this is a medium purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 59% red, 51% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 24% magenta, 0% yellow and 33% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Lilac and Wisteria — a ΔE of 15.2 — followed by Wisteria. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #96AA82, a sage shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Black text reads best on it at 6.07:1 (a WCAG AA pass).

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Red150
Green130
Blue170

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 15.2
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 18.5
Slate Gray
#708090 · ΔE 19.8

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #9682AA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #9682AA.
3.46:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #9682AA.
6.07:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #9682AA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#9682AA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#7B89AC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#7F8AA9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#938790

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #9682AA?

With the hex code #9682AA, this is a medium purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 59% red, 51% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 24% magenta, 0% yellow and 33% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #9682AA?

Use black text. Black on #9682AA has a contrast ratio of 6.07:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #9682AA?

Its complementary colour is #96AA82, and analogous partners are #8282AA and #AA82AA.