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Recognised as Colour

#A589CD

  • #A589CD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A589CD is a violet with RGB values 165, 137, 205 and HSL 265°, 40%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A589CD#A589CD
HEX#A589CD
RGBrgb(165, 137, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5373, 0.8039
RGB percentages64.7%, 53.7%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(264.7, 40.5%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.7, 33.2%, 80.4%)
CMYK19.5%, 33.2%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,848,717
CSS custom property--colour: #A589CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.06:1
Contrast with white2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#5A7632

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A95D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8095CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9E93A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.4Medium purple · ΔE 23.7Steel blue · ΔE 29.8Thistle · ΔE 30.5Orchid · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1CD89
Analogous#898FCD, #C789CD
Triadic#CDA589, #89CDA5
Split complementary#CDC789, #8FCD89
Tetradic#CD898F, #B1CD89, #89CDC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F4FB
Lighter +20%#DCD1EB
Lighter +10%#C0ADDC
Darker −10%#8A65BE
Darker −20%#6F47A9
Darker −30%#583885
Darker −40%#402961
More saturated +25%#A174E2
Less saturated −25%#A99EB8

Channel breakdown

R165
G137
B205
Red165 (64.7%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue264.71°
Saturation (HSL)40.48%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 89 · B CD

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