Recognised as Colour

#A26AC8

#A26AC8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A26AC8 is a violet with RGB values 162, 106, 200 and HSL 276°, 46%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#A26AC8

RGBrgb(162, 106, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.4157, 0.7843

RGB percentages63.5%, 41.6%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(275.7, 46.1%, 60%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 47%, 78.4%)

CMYK19%, 47%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,644,168

CSS custom property--colour: #A26AC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.43:1

Contrast with white3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.43:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#5D9537

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#547FCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6383C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Tritanopia#9D7990no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.1 Orchid · ΔE 18.8 Slate blue · ΔE 19.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 20.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.6 Violet · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#90C86A

Analogous#736AC8, #C86ABF

Triadic#C8A26A, #6AC8A2

Split complementary#BFC86A, #6AC873

Tetradic#C8736A, #90C86A, #6ABFC8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E8DAF1

Lighter +20%#D0B5E3

Lighter +10%#B98FD6

Darker −10%#8B45BA

Darker −20%#6F3795

Darker −30%#532970

Darker −40%#371C4B

More saturated +25%#A751E2

Less saturated −25%#9D84AE

Channel breakdown

R162

G106

B200

Red162 (63.5%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue275.74°

Saturation (HSL)46.08%

Lightness60%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G 6A · B C8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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