Colour

#A18FCB

#A18FCB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A18FCB is a violet with RGB values 161, 143, 203 and HSL 258°, 37%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A18FCB#A18FCB

HEX#A18FCB

RGBrgb(161, 143, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.5608, 0.7961

RGB percentages63.1%, 56.1%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(258, 36.6%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258, 29.6%, 79.6%)

CMYK20.7%, 29.6%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,588,107

CSS custom property--colour: #A18FCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.31:1

Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#5E7034

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8198CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8498C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Tritanopia#9998A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23 Steel blue · ΔE 25.7 Thistle · ΔE 26.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 28.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B9CB8F

Analogous#8F9BCB, #BF8FCB

Triadic#CBA18F, #8FCBA1

Split complementary#CBBF8F, #9BCB8F

Tetradic#CB8F9B, #B9CB8F, #8FCBBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F7FC

Lighter +20%#DBD5EB

Lighter +10%#BEB2DB

Darker −10%#846CBB

Darker −20%#684DA7

Darker −30%#523D84

Darker −40%#3D2D61

More saturated +25%#997BE0

Less saturated −25%#A9A4B7

Channel breakdown

R161

G143

B203

Red161 (63.1%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue258°

Saturation (HSL)36.59%

Lightness67.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A1 · G 8F · B CB

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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