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Recognised as Colour

#A495CF

  • #A495CF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A495CF is a violet with RGB values 164, 149, 207 and HSL 256°, 38%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A495CF#A495CF
HEX#A495CF
RGBrgb(164, 149, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5843, 0.8118
RGB percentages64.3%, 58.4%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(255.5, 37.7%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.5, 28%, 81.2%)
CMYK20.8%, 28%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,786,255
CSS custom property--colour: #A495CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#5B6A30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#889ED1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A9DCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9C9EA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.2Thistle · ΔE 24.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.3Light steelblue · ΔE 26.4Light slate grey · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0CF95
Analogous#95A3CF, #C195CF
Triadic#CFA495, #95CFA4
Split complementary#CFC195, #A3CF95
Tetradic#CF95A3, #C0CF95, #95CFC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFF
Lighter +20%#E0DBEF
Lighter +10%#C2B8DF
Darker −10%#8672BF
Darker −20%#684FAF
Darker −30%#533F8C
Darker −40%#3E2F69
More saturated +25%#9B82E2
Less saturated −25%#ADA8BC

Channel breakdown

R164
G149
B207
Red164 (64.3%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue255.52°
Saturation (HSL)37.66%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 95 · B CF

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