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Recognised as Colour

#A78CAE

  • #A78CAE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A78CAE is a violet with RGB values 167, 140, 174 and HSL 288°, 17%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A78CAE#A78CAE
HEX#A78CAE
RGBrgb(167, 140, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.549, 0.6824
RGB percentages65.5%, 54.9%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(287.6, 17.3%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.6, 19.5%, 68.2%)
CMYK4%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,980,526
CSS custom property--colour: #A78CAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#587351

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8893AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E96ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A88F98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 19.3Light slate grey · ΔE 19.8Rosy brown · ΔE 20.8Slate grey · ΔE 20.9Plum · ΔE 21.4Dark grey · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 19.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93AE8C
Analogous#968CAE, #AE8CA4
Triadic#AEA78C, #8CAEA7
Split complementary#A4AE8C, #8CAE96
Tetradic#AE968C, #93AE8C, #8CA4AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECE6ED
Lighter +20%#D5C8D8
Lighter +10%#BEAAC3
Darker −10%#906E99
Darker −20%#75587C
Darker −30%#59435E
Darker −40%#3D2D41
More saturated +25%#B574C6
Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R167
G140
B174
Red167 (65.5%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue287.65°
Saturation (HSL)17.35%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 8C · B AE

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