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Recognised as Colour

#A18DCA

  • #A18DCA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A18DCA is a violet with RGB values 161, 141, 202 and HSL 260°, 37%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A18DCA#A18DCA
HEX#A18DCA
RGBrgb(161, 141, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.5529, 0.7922
RGB percentages63.1%, 55.3%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(259.7, 36.5%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.7, 30.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK20.3%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,587,594
CSS custom property--colour: #A18DCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#5E7235

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F97CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8396C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9A96A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.1Steel blue · ΔE 26.3Thistle · ΔE 27.2Medium purple · ΔE 28.2Light slate grey · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6CA8D
Analogous#8D97CA, #C08DCA
Triadic#CAA18D, #8DCAA1
Split complementary#CABF8D, #98CA8D
Tetradic#CA8D97, #B6CA8D, #8DCAC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F5FB
Lighter +20%#DAD3EA
Lighter +10%#BEB0DA
Darker −10%#846ABA
Darker −20%#694CA5
Darker −30%#533C82
Darker −40%#3D2C5F
More saturated +25%#9A78DF
Less saturated −25%#A8A2B5

Channel breakdown

R161
G141
B202
Red161 (63.1%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue259.67°
Saturation (HSL)36.53%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 8D · B CA

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