Recognised as Colour

#A66CB8

#A66CB8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A66CB8 is a violet with RGB values 166, 108, 184 and HSL 286°, 35%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#A66CB8

RGBrgb(166, 108, 184)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.4235, 0.7216

RGB percentages65.1%, 42.4%, 72.2%

HSLhsl(285.8, 34.9%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285.8, 41.3%, 72.2%)

CMYK9.8%, 41.3%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,906,808

CSS custom property--colour: #A66CB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.46:1

Contrast with white3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.46:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#599347

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#607EBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F84B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A67689no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 19.1 Orchid · ΔE 21.1 Plum · ΔE 21.4 Violet · ΔE 25.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 19.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7EB86C

Analogous#806CB8, #B86CA4

Triadic#B8A66C, #6CB8A6

Split complementary#A4B86C, #6CB880

Tetradic#B8806C, #7EB86C, #6CA4B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F6FA

Lighter +30%#E4D3EA

Lighter +20%#D0B1D9

Lighter +10%#BB8EC9

Darker −10%#8F4EA3

Darker −20%#703E80

Darker −30%#522D5E

Darker −40%#341D3B

More saturated +25%#B451D3

Less saturated −25%#98879D

Channel breakdown

R166

G108

B184

Red166 (65.1%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue184 (72.2%)

Hue285.79°

Saturation (HSL)34.86%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 6C · B B8

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Colour values

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