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Recognised as Colour

#A28FBC

  • #A28FBC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A28FBC is a violet with RGB values 162, 143, 188 and HSL 265°, 25%, 65%. 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

#A28FBC#A28FBC
HEX#A28FBC
RGBrgb(162, 143, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.5608, 0.7373
RGB percentages63.5%, 56.1%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(265.3, 25.1%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.3, 23.9%, 73.7%)
CMYK13.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,653,628
CSS custom property--colour: #A28FBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.19:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#5D7043

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8797BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A97BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9E959Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.8Thistle · ΔE 21.2Light slate grey · ΔE 21.7Slate grey · ΔE 22.9Light steelblue · ΔE 24.2Steel blue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9BC8F
Analogous#8F93BC, #B88FBC
Triadic#BCA28F, #8FBCA2
Split complementary#BCB98F, #93BC8F
Tetradic#BC8F93, #A9BC8F, #8FBCB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1EFF5
Lighter +20%#D7CFE2
Lighter +10%#BCAFCF
Darker −10%#886FA9
Darker −20%#6E568F
Darker −30%#56436F
Darker −40%#3D304F
More saturated +25%#9F79D2
Less saturated −25%#A5A5A6

Channel breakdown

R162
G143
B188
Red162 (63.5%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue265.33°
Saturation (HSL)25.14%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 8F · B BC

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