Colour

#A08DA7

#A08DA7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#A08DA7 is a violet with RGB values 160, 141, 167 and HSL 284°, 13%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#A08DA7

RGBrgb(160, 141, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.5529, 0.6549

RGB percentages62.7%, 55.3%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(283.8, 12.9%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.8, 15.6%, 65.5%)

CMYK4.2%, 15.6%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,522,023

CSS custom property--colour: #A08DA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29313WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.86:1

Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#5F7258

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A92A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E94A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A09096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 15.2 Slate grey · ΔE 16.4 Gray · ΔE 18 Dark grey · ΔE 18.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 18.5 Thistle · ΔE 19.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 15.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#94A78D

Analogous#938DA7, #A78DA1

Triadic#A7A08D, #8DA7A0

Split complementary#A1A78D, #8DA793

Tetradic#A7938D, #94A78D, #8DA1A7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E8E3EA

Lighter +20%#D0C7D3

Lighter +10%#B8AABD

Darker −10%#887091

Darker −20%#6D5A74

Darker −30%#524457

Darker −40%#372D3B

More saturated +25%#AC74C0

Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R160

G141

B167

Red160 (62.7%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue283.85°

Saturation (HSL)12.87%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A0 · G 8D · B A7

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