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Recognised as Colour

#A679BC

  • #A679BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A679BC is a violet with RGB values 166, 121, 188 and HSL 280°, 33%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A679BC#A679BC
HEX#A679BC
RGBrgb(166, 121, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.4745, 0.7373
RGB percentages65.1%, 47.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(280.3, 33.3%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 35.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK11.7%, 35.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,910,140
CSS custom property--colour: #A679BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.08:1
Contrast with white3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#598643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E87BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#798BBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A58292no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.4Medium purple · ΔE 22.9Orchid · ΔE 26.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.2Violet · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FBC79
Analogous#8479BC, #BC79B1
Triadic#BCA679, #79BCA6
Split complementary#B1BC79, #79BC84
Tetradic#BC8479, #8FBC79, #79B1BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EADFEF
Lighter +20%#D3BDDE
Lighter +10%#BD9BCD
Darker −10%#8F57AB
Darker −20%#73458A
Darker −30%#573468
Darker −40%#3B2346
More saturated +25%#AF60D5
Less saturated −25%#9D92A3

Channel breakdown

R166
G121
B188
Red166 (65.1%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue280.3°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 79 · B BC

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