Recognised as Colour

#A57DBC

#A57DBC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A57DBC is a violet with RGB values 165, 125, 188 and HSL 278°, 32%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#A57DBC

RGBrgb(165, 125, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.4902, 0.7373

RGB percentages64.7%, 49%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(278.1, 32%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.1, 33.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK12.2%, 33.5%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,845,628

CSS custom property--colour: #A57DBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.26:1

Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#5A8243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#738ABEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C8DBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A38594no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.8 Medium purple · ΔE 25.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.7 Orchid · ΔE 29.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.3 Thistle · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#94BC7D

Analogous#857DBC, #BC7DB4

Triadic#BCA57D, #7DBCA5

Split complementary#B3BC7D, #7DBC86

Tetradic#BC867D, #94BC7D, #7DB4BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBE2F0

Lighter +20%#D4C0DF

Lighter +10%#BC9FCD

Darker −10%#8E5BAB

Darker −20%#73488B

Darker −30%#57366A

Darker −40%#3B2548

More saturated +25%#AC64D5

Less saturated −25%#9E96A3

Channel breakdown

R165

G125

B188

Red165 (64.7%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue278.1°

Saturation (HSL)31.98%

Lightness61.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A5 · G 7D · B BC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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