Recognised as Colour

#A070AB

#A070AB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A070AB is a violet with RGB values 160, 112, 171 and HSL 289°, 26%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A070AB#A070AB

HEX#A070AB

RGBrgb(160, 112, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.4392, 0.6706

RGB percentages62.7%, 43.9%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(288.8, 26%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.8, 34.5%, 67.1%)

CMYK6.4%, 34.5%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,514,603

CSS custom property--colour: #A070AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.4:1

Contrast with white3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#5F8F54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#697EADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7483A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A17786no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.7 Medium purple · ΔE 27.1 Orchid · ΔE 29.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 30 Cornflower blue · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7BAB70

Analogous#8370AB, #AB7098

Triadic#ABA070, #70ABA0

Split complementary#98AB70, #70AB83

Tetradic#AB8370, #7BAB70, #7098AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F1F6

Lighter +30%#E0D0E4

Lighter +20%#CBB0D1

Lighter +10%#B590BE

Darker −10%#875692

Darker −20%#694372

Darker −30%#4C3052

Darker −40%#2E1D32

More saturated +25%#B254C7

Less saturated −25%#8E8C8F

Channel breakdown

R160

G112

B171

Red160 (62.7%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue288.81°

Saturation (HSL)25.99%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A0 · G 70 · B AB

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