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Recognised as Colour

#A68EB6

  • #A68EB6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A68EB6 is a violet with RGB values 166, 142, 182 and HSL 276°, 22%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A68EB6#A68EB6
HEX#A68EB6
RGBrgb(166, 142, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5569, 0.7137
RGB percentages65.1%, 55.7%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(276, 21.5%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 22%, 71.4%)
CMYK8.8%, 22%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,915,510
CSS custom property--colour: #A68EB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#597149

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8896B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D97B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A5939Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 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 text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 19.9Plum · ΔE 19.9Light slate grey · ΔE 20.9Slate grey · ΔE 22.2Light steelblue · ΔE 24.2Rosy brown · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 19.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EB68E
Analogous#928EB6, #B68EB2
Triadic#B6A68E, #8EB6A6
Split complementary#B2B68E, #8EB692
Tetradic#B6928E, #9EB68E, #8EB2B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFEBF2
Lighter +20%#D7CCDE
Lighter +10%#BEADCA
Darker −10%#8E6FA2
Darker −20%#745787
Darker −30%#594368
Darker −40%#3F2F49
More saturated +25%#AB77CD
Less saturated −25%#A2A2A2

Channel breakdown

R166
G142
B182
Red166 (65.1%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)21.51%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 8E · B B6

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