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Recognised as Colour

#A283AE

  • #A283AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A283AE is a violet with RGB values 162, 131, 174 and HSL 283°, 21%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A283AE#A283AE
HEX#A283AE
RGBrgb(162, 131, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.5137, 0.6824
RGB percentages63.5%, 51.4%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(283.3, 21%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.3, 24.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK6.9%, 24.7%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,650,542
CSS custom property--colour: #A283AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.39:1
Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.39:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#5D7C51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E8CB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#848FADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A28892no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.6Light slate grey · ΔE 23.4Thistle · ΔE 23.9Slate grey · ΔE 24.1Rosy brown · ΔE 25.4Gray · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FAE83
Analogous#8C83AE, #AE83A5
Triadic#AEA283, #83AEA2
Split complementary#A5AE83, #83AE8C
Tetradic#AE8C83, #8FAE83, #83A5AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEFF
Lighter +30%#E7E0EA
Lighter +20%#D0C1D6
Lighter +10%#B9A2C2
Darker −10%#8B649A
Darker −20%#6F507B
Darker −30%#533C5C
Darker −40%#37283D
More saturated +25%#AD69C8
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R162
G131
B174
Red162 (63.5%)
Green131 (51.4%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue283.26°
Saturation (HSL)20.98%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 83 · B AE

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