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Recognised as Colour

#A194B5

  • #A194B5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#A194B5 is a violet with RGB values 161, 148, 181 and HSL 264°, 18%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#A194B5#A194B5
HEX#A194B5
RGBrgb(161, 148, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.5804, 0.7098
RGB percentages63.1%, 58%, 71%
HSLhsl(263.6, 18.2%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.6, 18.2%, 71%)
CMYK11%, 18.2%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,589,365
CSS custom property--colour: #A194B5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.42:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#5E6B4A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E99B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#909AB4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9E989Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 16.1Slate grey · ΔE 17.8Thistle · ΔE 17.9Light steelblue · ΔE 19.6Dark grey · ΔE 20Gray · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 16.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8B594
Analogous#9498B5, #B294B5
Triadic#B5A194, #94B5A1
Split complementary#B5B294, #98B594
Tetradic#B59498, #A8B594, #94B5B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0EEF4
Lighter +20%#D6D0DF
Lighter +10%#BBB2CA
Darker −10%#8776A0
Darker −20%#6D5D86
Darker −30%#554868
Darker −40%#3C334A
More saturated +25%#9C7DCC
Less saturated −25%#A5A5A5

Channel breakdown

R161
G148
B181
Red161 (63.1%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue263.64°
Saturation (HSL)18.23%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 94 · B B5

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