Recognised as Colour

#A185AC

#A185AC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A185AC is a violet with RGB values 161, 133, 172 and HSL 283°, 19%, 60%. 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

#A185AC#A185AC

HEX#A185AC

RGBrgb(161, 133, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.5216, 0.6745

RGB percentages63.1%, 52.2%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(283.1, 19%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.1, 22.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK6.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,585,516

CSS custom property--colour: #A185AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.47:1

Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#5E7A53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#808DAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8690ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A18992no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 21 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.2 Slate grey · ΔE 21.9 Thistle · ΔE 22.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 23.6 Gray · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#90AC85

Analogous#8E85AC, #AC85A4

Triadic#ACA185, #85ACA1

Split complementary#A4AC85, #85AC8E

Tetradic#AC8E85, #90AC85, #85A4AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFF

Lighter +30%#E7E0EA

Lighter +20%#D0C2D5

Lighter +10%#B8A3C1

Darker −10%#8A6797

Darker −20%#6E5279

Darker −30%#523E5A

Darker −40%#37293C

More saturated +25%#AC6BC6

Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R161

G133

B172

Red161 (63.1%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue283.08°

Saturation (HSL)19.02%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A1 · G 85 · B AC

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