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Recognised as Colour

#A497BD

  • #A497BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A497BD is a violet with RGB values 164, 151, 189 and HSL 261°, 22%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A497BD#A497BD
HEX#A497BD
RGBrgb(164, 151, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5922, 0.7412
RGB percentages64.3%, 59.2%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(260.5, 22.4%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 20.1%, 74.1%)
CMYK13.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,786,749
CSS custom property--colour: #A497BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.74:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#5B6842

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#909DBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#929DBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A09CA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 17.7Light slate grey · ΔE 18.3Light steelblue · ΔE 19.5Slate grey · ΔE 20.1Dark grey · ΔE 22.2Plum · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 17.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0BD97
Analogous#979DBD, #B797BD
Triadic#BDA497, #97BDA4
Split complementary#BDB797, #9DBD97
Tetradic#BD979D, #B0BD97, #97BDB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F5F8
Lighter +20%#DBD5E5
Lighter +10%#BFB6D1
Darker −10%#8978A9
Darker −20%#6F5C92
Darker −30%#574972
Darker −40%#3F3553
More saturated +25%#9D82D2
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R164
G151
B189
Red164 (64.3%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue260.53°
Saturation (HSL)22.35%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 97 · B BD

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