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Recognised as Colour

#A794B3

  • #A794B3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A794B3 is a violet with RGB values 167, 148, 179 and HSL 277°, 17%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A794B3#A794B3
HEX#A794B3
RGBrgb(167, 148, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5804, 0.702
RGB percentages65.5%, 58%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(276.8, 16.9%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.8, 17.3%, 70.2%)
CMYK6.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,982,579
CSS custom property--colour: #A794B3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#586B4C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#909AB4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#949BB2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A6989Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 16.8Light slate grey · ΔE 17.3Slate grey · ΔE 18.9Dark grey · ΔE 19.5Light steelblue · ΔE 20.4Rosy brown · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 16.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0B394
Analogous#9794B3, #B394AF
Triadic#B3A794, #94B3A7
Split complementary#AFB394, #94B398
Tetradic#B39894, #A0B394, #94AFB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1EDF3
Lighter +20%#D8D0DD
Lighter +10%#C0B2C8
Darker −10%#8E769E
Darker −20%#755D84
Darker −30%#5A4866
Darker −40%#403348
More saturated +25%#AC7DCA
Less saturated −25%#A3A3A3

Channel breakdown

R167
G148
B179
Red167 (65.5%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue276.77°
Saturation (HSL)16.94%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 94 · B B3

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