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Recognised as Colour

#A568BC

  • #A568BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A568BC is a violet with RGB values 165, 104, 188 and HSL 284°, 39%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A568BC#A568BC
HEX#A568BC
RGBrgb(165, 104, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.4078, 0.7373
RGB percentages64.7%, 40.8%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(283.6, 38.5%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.6, 44.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK12.2%, 44.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,840,252
CSS custom property--colour: #A568BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.31:1
Contrast with white3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.31:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#5A9743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#597CBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A82BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#A47489no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.7Orchid · ΔE 18.7Medium orchid · ΔE 23.8Violet · ΔE 23.8Plum · ΔE 24.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7FBC68
Analogous#7B68BC, #BC68A9
Triadic#BCA568, #68BCA5
Split complementary#A9BC68, #68BC7B
Tetradic#BC7B68, #7FBC68, #68A9BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F5FB
Lighter +30%#E4D2EB
Lighter +20%#CFAFDB
Lighter +10%#BA8BCC
Darker −10%#8E4AA7
Darker −20%#703A84
Darker −30%#522B60
Darker −40%#341B3D
More saturated +25%#B14DD7
Less saturated −25%#9983A1

Channel breakdown

R165
G104
B188
Red165 (64.7%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue283.57°
Saturation (HSL)38.53%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 68 · B BC

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