Recognised as Colour

#A849C8

#A849C8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#A849C8 is a violet with RGB values 168, 73, 200 and HSL 285°, 54%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#A849C8

RGBrgb(168, 73, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.2863, 0.7843

RGB percentages65.9%, 28.6%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(284.9, 53.6%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.9, 63.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK16%, 63.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,028,936

CSS custom property--colour: #A849C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#57B637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1C6ECCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B76C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A66082no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 5.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 13.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 19.7 Orchid · ΔE 20.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.9 Medium purple · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 5.5, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#69C849

Analogous#6949C8, #C849A8

Triadic#C8A849, #49C8A8

Split complementary#A8C849, #49C869

Tetradic#C86949, #69C849, #49A8C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F3E6F7

Lighter +30%#E0BEEC

Lighter +20%#CD97E0

Lighter +10%#BB70D4

Darker −10%#8D34AA

Darker −20%#6C2883

Darker −30%#4C1C5C

Darker −40%#2C1035

More saturated +25%#B72BE6

Less saturated −25%#9967AA

Channel breakdown

R168

G73

B200

Red168 (65.9%)

Green73 (28.6%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue284.88°

Saturation (HSL)53.59%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G 49 · B C8

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