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Recognised as Colour

#A577BC

  • #A577BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A577BC is a violet with RGB values 165, 119, 188 and HSL 280°, 34%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A577BC#A577BC
HEX#A577BC
RGBrgb(165, 119, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.4667, 0.7373
RGB percentages64.7%, 46.7%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(280, 34%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 36.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK12.2%, 36.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,844,092
CSS custom property--colour: #A577BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#5A8843

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6B86BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#768ABAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A38091no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.1Medium purple · ΔE 21.7Orchid · ΔE 25.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.6Violet · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EBC77
Analogous#8377BC, #BC77B1
Triadic#BCA577, #77BCA5
Split complementary#B1BC77, #77BC83
Tetradic#BC8377, #8EBC77, #77B1BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9DEEE
Lighter +20%#D2BBDE
Lighter +10%#BC99CD
Darker −10%#8E55AB
Darker −20%#724489
Darker −30%#563367
Darker −40%#392245
More saturated +25%#AD5ED5
Less saturated −25%#9D90A3

Channel breakdown

R165
G119
B188
Red165 (64.7%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)33.99%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 77 · B BC

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