Recognised as Colour

#A273B9

#A273B9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A273B9 is a violet with RGB values 162, 115, 185 and HSL 280°, 33%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#A273B9

RGBrgb(162, 115, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.451, 0.7255

RGB percentages63.5%, 45.1%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(280.3, 33.3%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 37.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK12.4%, 37.8%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,646,457

CSS custom property--colour: #A273B9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.69:1

Contrast with white3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#5D8C46

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6782BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7286B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A07C8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.5 Medium purple · ΔE 21 Orchid · ΔE 25.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.1 Violet · ΔE 29.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8AB973

Analogous#7F73B9, #B973AD

Triadic#B9A273, #73B9A2

Split complementary#ADB973, #73B97F

Tetradic#B97F73, #8AB973, #73ADB9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFBFD

Lighter +30%#E6D9EC

Lighter +20%#CFB7DB

Lighter +10%#B995CA

Darker −10%#8B53A6

Darker −20%#6E4284

Darker −30%#523162

Darker −40%#352040

More saturated +25%#AB59D3

Less saturated −25%#998D9F

Channel breakdown

R162

G115

B185

Red162 (63.5%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue280.29°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness58.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G 73 · B B9

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