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Recognised as Colour

#A28DCB

  • #A28DCB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A28DCB is a violet with RGB values 162, 141, 203 and HSL 260°, 37%, 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

#A28DCB#A28DCB
HEX#A28DCB
RGBrgb(162, 141, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.5529, 0.7961
RGB percentages63.5%, 55.3%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(260.3, 37.3%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 30.5%, 79.6%)
CMYK20.2%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,653,131
CSS custom property--colour: #A28DCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.21:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#5D7234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F97CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8397C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9B97A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.1Steel blue · ΔE 26.8Thistle · ΔE 27.5Medium purple · ΔE 27.6Light slate grey · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6CB8D
Analogous#8D97CB, #C18DCB
Triadic#CBA28D, #8DCBA2
Split complementary#CBC18D, #97CB8D
Tetradic#CB8D97, #B6CB8D, #8DCBC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F6FB
Lighter +20%#DBD3EB
Lighter +10%#BFB0DB
Darker −10%#856ABB
Darker −20%#6A4CA6
Darker −30%#543C83
Darker −40%#3E2C60
More saturated +25%#9B78E0
Less saturated −25%#A9A2B6

Channel breakdown

R162
G141
B203
Red162 (63.5%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue260.32°
Saturation (HSL)37.35%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 8D · B CB

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