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Recognised as Colour

#A795BE

  • #A795BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A795BE is a violet with RGB values 167, 149, 190 and HSL 266°, 24%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A795BE#A795BE
HEX#A795BE
RGBrgb(167, 149, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5843, 0.7451
RGB percentages65.5%, 58.4%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(266.3, 24%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 21.6%, 74.5%)
CMYK12.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,982,846
CSS custom property--colour: #A795BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33428WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.69:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#586A41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E9CC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#919CBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A49AA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 18.3Plum · ΔE 20.2Light slate grey · ΔE 20.5Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5Slate grey · ΔE 22.1Dark grey · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 18.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACBE95
Analogous#9598BE, #BB95BE
Triadic#BEA795, #95BEA7
Split complementary#BEBC95, #98BE95
Tetradic#BE9598, #ACBE95, #95BEBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F4F8
Lighter +20%#DBD4E5
Lighter +10%#C1B5D1
Darker −10%#8D75AB
Darker −20%#735A93
Darker −30%#5A4773
Darker −40%#423354
More saturated +25%#A480D3
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R167
G149
B190
Red167 (65.5%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue266.34°
Saturation (HSL)23.98%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 95 · B BE

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