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Recognised as Colour

#A68FDA

  • #A68FDA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A68FDA is a violet with RGB values 166, 143, 218 and HSL 258°, 50%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A68FDA#A68FDA
HEX#A68FDA
RGBrgb(166, 143, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5608, 0.8549
RGB percentages65.1%, 56.1%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(258.4, 50.3%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.4, 34.4%, 85.5%)
CMYK23.9%, 34.4%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,915,802
CSS custom property--colour: #A68FDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.56:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#597025

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7D9BDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#809AD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9C9BABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.5Medium purple · ΔE 21.6Steel blue · ΔE 30.6Orchid · ΔE 31.2Slate blue · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3DA8F
Analogous#8F9EDA, #CB8FDA
Triadic#DAA68F, #8FDAA6
Split complementary#DACB8F, #9EDA8F
Tetradic#DA8F9E, #C3DA8F, #8FDACB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3DCF3
Lighter +10%#C4B5E7
Darker −10%#8869CD
Darker −20%#6942C1
Darker −30%#54349C
Darker −40%#3F2776
More saturated +25%#9F7CED
Less saturated −25%#ADA2C7

Channel breakdown

R166
G143
B218
Red166 (65.1%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue258.4°
Saturation (HSL)50.34%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 8F · B DA

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