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Recognised as Colour

#A68FB3

  • #A68FB3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A68FB3 is a violet with RGB values 166, 143, 179 and HSL 278°, 19%, 63%. 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

#A68FB3#A68FB3
HEX#A68FB3
RGBrgb(166, 143, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5608, 0.702
RGB percentages65.1%, 56.1%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(278.3, 19.1%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.3, 20.1%, 70.2%)
CMYK7.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,915,763
CSS custom property--colour: #A68FB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.2:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#59704C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A96B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F98B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Tritanopia#A5939Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 18.8Light slate grey · ΔE 19.4Slate grey · ΔE 20.7Plum · ΔE 21.2Rosy brown · ΔE 22.3Dark grey · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 18.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9CB38F
Analogous#948FB3, #B38FAE
Triadic#B3A68F, #8FB3A6
Split complementary#AEB38F, #8FB394
Tetradic#B3948F, #9CB38F, #8FAEB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEEAF1
Lighter +20%#D6CCDC
Lighter +10%#BEADC8
Darker −10%#8E719E
Darker −20%#745983
Darker −30%#594465
Darker −40%#3E3046
More saturated +25%#AD78CB
Less saturated −25%#A1A1A1

Channel breakdown

R166
G143
B179
Red166 (65.1%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue278.33°
Saturation (HSL)19.15%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 8F · B B3

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