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Recognised as Colour

#A28CCC

  • #A28CCC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A28CCC is a violet with RGB values 162, 140, 204 and HSL 261°, 39%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A28CCC#A28CCC
HEX#A28CCC
RGBrgb(162, 140, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.549, 0.8
RGB percentages63.5%, 54.9%, 80%
HSLhsl(260.6, 38.6%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.6, 31.4%, 80%)
CMYK20.6%, 31.4%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,652,876
CSS custom property--colour: #A28CCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.16:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#5D7333

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E97CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8196CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9B96A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.7Medium purple · ΔE 26.4Steel blue · ΔE 27.3Thistle · ΔE 28.5Light slate grey · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6CC8C
Analogous#8C96CC, #C28CCC
Triadic#CCA28C, #8CCCA2
Split complementary#CCC28C, #96CC8C
Tetradic#CC8C96, #B6CC8C, #8CCCC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F6FB
Lighter +20%#DBD3EB
Lighter +10%#BFAFDC
Darker −10%#8569BC
Darker −20%#6A4AA8
Darker −30%#543B84
Darker −40%#3E2B61
More saturated +25%#9C77E1
Less saturated −25%#A8A1B7

Channel breakdown

R162
G140
B204
Red162 (63.5%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue260.63°
Saturation (HSL)38.55%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 8C · B CC

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