Recognised as Colour

#A273BA

#A273BA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A273BA is a violet with RGB values 162, 115, 186 and HSL 280°, 34%, 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

#A273BA#A273BA

HEX#A273BA

RGBrgb(162, 115, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.451, 0.7294

RGB percentages63.5%, 45.1%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(279.7, 34%, 59%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.7, 38.2%, 72.9%)

CMYK12.9%, 38.2%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,646,458

CSS custom property--colour: #A273BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1

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

Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#5D8C45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6782BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7286B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A07D8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 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 text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.7 Medium purple · ΔE 20.5 Orchid · ΔE 25.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28 Violet · ΔE 29.3 Slate blue · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8BBA73

Analogous#7F73BA, #BA73AE

Triadic#BAA273, #73BAA2

Split complementary#AFBA73, #73BA7E

Tetradic#BA7E73, #8BBA73, #73AFBA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFCFD

Lighter +30%#E6D9ED

Lighter +20%#CFB7DC

Lighter +10%#B995CB

Darker −10%#8B53A7

Darker −20%#6E4285

Darker −30%#523163

Darker −40%#362041

More saturated +25%#AA59D4

Less saturated −25%#9A8DA0

Channel breakdown

R162

G115

B186

Red162 (63.5%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue279.72°

Saturation (HSL)33.97%

Lightness59.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G 73 · B BA

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