Recognised as Colour

#A675BC

#A675BC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A675BC is a violet with RGB values 166, 117, 188 and HSL 281°, 35%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A675BC#A675BC

HEX#A675BC

RGBrgb(166, 117, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.4588, 0.7373

RGB percentages65.1%, 45.9%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(281.4, 34.6%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.4, 37.8%, 73.7%)

CMYK11.7%, 37.8%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,909,116

CSS custom property--colour: #A675BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.89:1

Contrast with white3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#598A43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6985BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7589BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A57E90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.6 Medium purple · ΔE 20.8 Orchid · ΔE 24.5 Violet · ΔE 28.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.1 Slate blue · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8BBC75

Analogous#8275BC, #BC75AF

Triadic#BCA675, #75BCA6

Split complementary#AFBC75, #75BC83

Tetradic#BC8275, #8BBC75, #75AFBC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEFF

Lighter +30%#E8DCEE

Lighter +20%#D2BADD

Lighter +10%#BC97CD

Darker −10%#9053AB

Darker −20%#734289

Darker −30%#563266

Darker −40%#392144

More saturated +25%#B05BD6

Less saturated −25%#9C8FA2

Channel breakdown

R166

G117

B188

Red166 (65.1%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue281.41°

Saturation (HSL)34.63%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 75 · B BC

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