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Recognised as Colour

#A58CDB

  • #A58CDB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A58CDB is a violet with RGB values 165, 140, 219 and HSL 259°, 52%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A58CDB#A58CDB
HEX#A58CDB
RGBrgb(165, 140, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.549, 0.8588
RGB percentages64.7%, 54.9%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(259, 52.3%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259, 36.1%, 85.9%)
CMYK24.7%, 36.1%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,849,499
CSS custom property--colour: #A58CDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3187WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.37:1
Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#5A7324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7899DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C98D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9B99A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 19Plum · ΔE 19.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.6Slate blue · ΔE 29.3Orchid · ΔE 29.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 19.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2DB8C
Analogous#8C9BDB, #CD8CDB
Triadic#DBA58C, #8CDBA5
Split complementary#DBCD8C, #9BDB8C
Tetradic#DB8C9A, #C2DB8C, #8CDBCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2DAF3
Lighter +10%#C3B3E7
Darker −10%#8765CF
Darker −20%#683EC3
Darker −30%#53319D
Darker −40%#3F2576
More saturated +25%#9E79EE
Less saturated −25%#AC9FC8

Channel breakdown

R165
G140
B219
Red165 (64.7%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue258.99°
Saturation (HSL)52.32%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 8C · B DB

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