Colour

#A070AC

#A070AC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A070AC is a violet with RGB values 160, 112, 172 and HSL 288°, 27%, 56%. 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

#A070AC#A070AC

HEX#A070AC

RGBrgb(160, 112, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.4392, 0.6745

RGB percentages62.7%, 43.9%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(288, 26.5%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288, 34.9%, 67.5%)

CMYK7%, 34.9%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,514,604

CSS custom property--colour: #A070AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2204WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.41:1

Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#5F8F53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#687EAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7483AAno 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 25.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.7 Medium purple · ΔE 26.5 Orchid · ΔE 28.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7CAC70

Analogous#8270AC, #AC709A

Triadic#ACA070, #70ACA0

Split complementary#9AAC70, #70AC82

Tetradic#AC8270, #7CAC70, #709AAC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F1F7

Lighter +30%#E0D1E4

Lighter +20%#CBB1D1

Lighter +10%#B590BF

Darker −10%#875693

Darker −20%#694373

Darker −30%#4C3053

Darker −40%#2E1D33

More saturated +25%#B154C8

Less saturated −25%#8F8C90

Channel breakdown

R160

G112

B172

Red160 (62.7%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue288°

Saturation (HSL)26.55%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A0 · G 70 · B AC

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