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Recognised as Colour

#A08CCD

  • #A08CCD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A08CCD is a violet with RGB values 160, 140, 205 and HSL 258°, 39%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A08CCD#A08CCD
HEX#A08CCD
RGBrgb(160, 140, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.549, 0.8039
RGB percentages62.7%, 54.9%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(258.5, 39.4%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 31.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK22%, 31.7%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,521,805
CSS custom property--colour: #A08CCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.13:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#5F7332

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7D96D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8096CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9896A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.9Medium purple · ΔE 26Steel blue · ΔE 26.9Thistle · ΔE 29Light slate grey · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9CD8C
Analogous#8C99CD, #C18CCD
Triadic#CDA08C, #8CCDA0
Split complementary#CDC18C, #99CD8C
Tetradic#CD8C99, #B9CD8C, #8CCDC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F7FB
Lighter +20%#DBD3EC
Lighter +10%#BDB0DC
Darker −10%#8368BE
Darker −20%#674AA9
Darker −30%#513A86
Darker −40%#3C2B62
More saturated +25%#9877E2
Less saturated −25%#A8A1B8

Channel breakdown

R160
G140
B205
Red160 (62.7%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue258.46°
Saturation (HSL)39.39%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 8C · B CD

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