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Recognised as Colour

#A692C1

  • #A692C1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A692C1 is a violet with RGB values 166, 146, 193 and HSL 266°, 27%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A692C1#A692C1
HEX#A692C1
RGBrgb(166, 146, 193)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5725, 0.7569
RGB percentages65.1%, 57.3%, 75.7%
HSLhsl(265.5, 27.5%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.5, 24.4%, 75.7%)
CMYK14%, 24.4%, 0%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,916,545
CSS custom property--colour: #A692C1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32515WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.5:1
Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#596D3E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#899AC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D9AC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A299A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.5Thistle · ΔE 20.8Light slate grey · ΔE 23Light steelblue · ΔE 24.1Slate grey · ΔE 24.4Steel blue · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADC192
Analogous#9295C1, #BE92C1
Triadic#C1A692, #92C1A6
Split complementary#C1BE92, #95C192
Tetradic#C19295, #ADC192, #92C1BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F4F8
Lighter +20%#DBD3E6
Lighter +10%#C1B3D3
Darker −10%#8B71AF
Darker −20%#725697
Darker −30%#594377
Darker −40%#413156
More saturated +25%#A37DD6
Less saturated −25%#A9A7AC

Channel breakdown

R166
G146
B193
Red166 (65.1%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue193 (75.7%)
Hue265.53°
Saturation (HSL)27.49%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 92 · B C1

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