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Colour

#A68FCA

  • #A68FCA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A68FCA is a violet with RGB values 166, 143, 202 and HSL 263°, 36%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A68FCA#A68FCA
HEX#A68FCA
RGBrgb(166, 143, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5608, 0.7922
RGB percentages65.1%, 56.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(263.4, 35.8%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.4, 29.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK17.8%, 29.2%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,915,786
CSS custom property--colour: #A68FCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.4:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#597035

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8399CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8799C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A098A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7Thistle · ΔE 25.6Steel blue · ΔE 27.2Light slate grey · ΔE 28.8Light steelblue · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3CA8F
Analogous#8F96CA, #C38FCA
Triadic#CAA68F, #8FCAA6
Split complementary#CAC38F, #96CA8F
Tetradic#CA8F96, #B3CA8F, #8FCAC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F7FB
Lighter +20%#DDD4EB
Lighter +10%#C2B2DA
Darker −10%#8A6CBA
Darker −20%#704EA5
Darker −30%#583E82
Darker −40%#412D60
More saturated +25%#A17ADF
Less saturated −25%#ABA4B5

Channel breakdown

R166
G143
B202
Red166 (65.1%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue263.39°
Saturation (HSL)35.76%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 8F · B CA

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