Recognised as Colour

#A08ED3

#A08ED3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A08ED3 is a violet with RGB values 160, 142, 211 and HSL 256°, 44%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#A08ED3

RGBrgb(160, 142, 211)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.5569, 0.8275

RGB percentages62.7%, 55.7%, 82.7%

HSLhsl(255.7, 43.9%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.7, 32.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK24.2%, 32.7%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,522,323

CSS custom property--colour: #A08ED3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.3:1

Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#5F712C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7D99D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F97D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Tritanopia#9699A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.2 Medium purple · ΔE 24.5 Steel blue · ΔE 27.4 Thistle · ΔE 30.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1D38E

Analogous#8E9ED3, #C38ED3

Triadic#D3A08E, #8ED3A0

Split complementary#D3C38E, #9ED38E

Tetradic#D38E9E, #C1D38E, #8ED3C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCFE

Lighter +20%#DED7F0

Lighter +10%#BFB3E1

Darker −10%#8169C5

Darker −20%#6346B5

Darker −30%#4F3890

Darker −40%#3B2A6B

More saturated +25%#977AE7

Less saturated −25%#A9A2BF

Channel breakdown

R160

G142

B211

Red160 (62.7%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue211 (82.7%)

Hue255.65°

Saturation (HSL)43.95%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A0 · G 8E · B D3

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