Recognised as Colour

#A175AE

#A175AE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A175AE is a violet with RGB values 161, 117, 174 and HSL 286°, 26%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A175AE#A175AE

HEX#A175AE

RGBrgb(161, 117, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.4588, 0.6824

RGB percentages63.1%, 45.9%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(286.3, 26%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286.3, 32.8%, 68.2%)

CMYK7.5%, 32.8%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,581,422

CSS custom property--colour: #A175AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.67:1

Contrast with white3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#5E8A51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E82B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7886ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A17C8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.7 Medium purple · ΔE 28.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.4 Orchid · ΔE 30.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.8 Thistle · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#82AE75

Analogous#8475AE, #AE759F

Triadic#AEA175, #75AEA1

Split complementary#9EAE75, #75AE84

Tetradic#AE8475, #82AE75, #759FAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F6F9

Lighter +30%#E3D5E7

Lighter +20%#CDB5D4

Lighter +10%#B795C1

Darker −10%#895997

Darker −20%#6C4677

Darker −30%#4F3357

Darker −40%#322037

More saturated +25%#B05AC9

Less saturated −25%#929093

Channel breakdown

R161

G117

B174

Red161 (63.1%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue286.32°

Saturation (HSL)26.03%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A1 · G 75 · B AE

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