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Recognised as Colour

#A58DC1

  • #A58DC1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A58DC1 is a violet with RGB values 165, 141, 193 and HSL 268°, 30%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A58DC1#A58DC1
HEX#A58DC1
RGBrgb(165, 141, 193)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5529, 0.7569
RGB percentages64.7%, 55.3%, 75.7%
HSLhsl(267.7, 29.5%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.7, 26.9%, 75.7%)
CMYK14.5%, 26.9%, 0%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,849,729
CSS custom property--colour: #A58DC1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30899WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#5A723E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8396C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8897BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A1949Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.3Thistle · ΔE 23.6Light slate grey · ΔE 25.7Steel blue · ΔE 26.7Slate grey · ΔE 26.8Light steelblue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9C18D
Analogous#8D8FC1, #BF8DC1
Triadic#C1A58D, #8DC1A5
Split complementary#C1BF8D, #8FC18D
Tetradic#C18D8F, #A9C18D, #8DC1BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F0F7
Lighter +20%#D9CFE5
Lighter +10%#BFAED3
Darker −10%#8B6CAF
Darker −20%#715296
Darker −30%#584075
Darker −40%#402E54
More saturated +25%#A377D7
Less saturated −25%#A7A3AB

Channel breakdown

R165
G141
B193
Red165 (64.7%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue193 (75.7%)
Hue267.69°
Saturation (HSL)29.55%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 8D · B C1

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