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Recognised as Colour

#A85DBC

  • #A85DBC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#A85DBC is a violet with RGB values 168, 93, 188 and HSL 287°, 41%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#A85DBC#A85DBC
HEX#A85DBC
RGBrgb(168, 93, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.3647, 0.7373
RGB percentages65.9%, 36.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(287.4, 41.5%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.4, 50.5%, 73.7%)
CMYK10.6%, 50.5%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,034,044
CSS custom property--colour: #A85DBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#57A243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C76BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#627EB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A86A84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 15Medium purple · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 16.6Violet · ΔE 21Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.2Slate blue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 15.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#71BC5D
Analogous#795DBC, #BC5DA0
Triadic#BCA85D, #5DBCA8
Split complementary#A0BC5D, #5DBC79
Tetradic#BC795D, #71BC5D, #5DA0BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6EDF8
Lighter +30%#E2C9E9
Lighter +20%#CFA5DA
Lighter +10%#BB81CB
Darker −10%#8F43A3
Darker −20%#6F347F
Darker −30%#4F255B
Darker −40%#301736
More saturated +25%#B940D9
Less saturated −25%#977A9F

Channel breakdown

R168
G93
B188
Red168 (65.9%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue287.37°
Saturation (HSL)41.48%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 5D · B BC

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