Colour

#A174AB

#A174AB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A174AB is a violet with RGB values 161, 116, 171 and HSL 289°, 25%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A174AB#A174AB

HEX#A174AB

RGBrgb(161, 116, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.4549, 0.6706

RGB percentages63.1%, 45.5%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(289.1, 24.7%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.1, 32.2%, 67.1%)

CMYK5.8%, 32.2%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,581,163

CSS custom property--colour: #A174AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.6:1

Contrast with white3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#5E8B54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E81ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7886A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A27A88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19 Medium purple · ΔE 29.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.3 Orchid · ΔE 31.3 Thistle · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7EAB74

Analogous#8674AB, #AB749A

Triadic#ABA174, #74ABA1

Split complementary#99AB74, #74AB86

Tetradic#AB8674, #7EAB74, #7499AB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F3F8

Lighter +30%#E1D3E5

Lighter +20%#CCB4D1

Lighter +10%#B694BE

Darker −10%#895993

Darker −20%#6B4673

Darker −30%#4E3254

Darker −40%#301F34

More saturated +25%#B358C7

Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R161

G116

B171

Red161 (63.1%)

Green116 (45.5%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue289.09°

Saturation (HSL)24.66%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A1 · G 74 · B AB

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