Colour

#A68BCB

#A68BCB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A68BCB is a violet with RGB values 166, 139, 203 and HSL 265°, 38%, 67%. 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

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HEX#A68BCB

RGBrgb(166, 139, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5451, 0.7961

RGB percentages65.1%, 54.5%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(265.3, 38.1%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.3, 31.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK18.2%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,914,763

CSS custom property--colour: #A68BCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1

Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#597434

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E96CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8397C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A095A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.2 Medium purple · ΔE 26.1 Thistle · ΔE 28.4 Steel blue · ΔE 28.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B0CB8B

Analogous#8B90CB, #C68BCB

Triadic#CBA68B, #8BCBA6

Split complementary#CBC68B, #90CB8B

Tetradic#CB8B90, #B0CB8B, #8BCBC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F5FA

Lighter +20%#DCD1EB

Lighter +10%#C1AEDB

Darker −10%#8B68BB

Darker −20%#714AA6

Darker −30%#593A82

Darker −40%#412B5F

More saturated +25%#A376E0

Less saturated −25%#A9A0B6

Channel breakdown

R166

G139

B203

Red166 (65.1%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue265.31°

Saturation (HSL)38.1%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 8B · B CB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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