Recognised as Colour

#A182C8

#A182C8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A182C8 is a violet with RGB values 161, 130, 200 and HSL 267°, 39%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#A182C8

RGBrgb(161, 130, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.5098, 0.7843

RGB percentages63.1%, 51%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(266.6, 38.9%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.6, 35%, 78.4%)

CMYK19.5%, 35%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,584,776

CSS custom property--colour: #A182C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27712WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.54:1

Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#5E7D37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#738FCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7990C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Tritanopia#9B8D9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.3 Medium purple · ΔE 21.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24 Orchid · ΔE 29.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.5 Steel blue · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9C882

Analogous#8286C8, #C482C8

Triadic#C8A182, #82C8A1

Split complementary#C8C482, #86C882

Tetradic#C88286, #A9C882, #82C8C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F1ECF7

Lighter +20%#D6C9E7

Lighter +10%#BCA5D8

Darker −10%#865FB8

Darker −20%#6D469E

Darker −30%#55367B

Darker −40%#3C2758

More saturated +25%#9E6BDF

Less saturated −25%#A498B1

Channel breakdown

R161

G130

B200

Red161 (63.1%)

Green130 (51%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue266.57°

Saturation (HSL)38.89%

Lightness64.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A1 · G 82 · B C8

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