Recognised as Colour

#A875B6

#A875B6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A875B6 is a violet with RGB values 168, 117, 182 and HSL 287°, 31%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#A875B6

RGBrgb(168, 117, 182)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.4588, 0.7137

RGB percentages65.9%, 45.9%, 71.4%

HSLhsl(287.1, 30.8%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.1, 35.7%, 71.4%)

CMYK7.7%, 35.7%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,040,182

CSS custom property--colour: #A875B6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1

Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#578A49

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C84B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7989B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A97D8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.5 Medium purple · ΔE 24.3 Orchid · ΔE 25.9 Violet · ΔE 30 Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#83B675

Analogous#8875B6, #B675A4

Triadic#B6A875, #75B6A8

Split complementary#A3B675, #75B688

Tetradic#B68875, #83B675, #75A3B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFAFD

Lighter +30%#E7D9EB

Lighter +20%#D2B8D9

Lighter +10%#BD96C8

Darker −10%#9256A2

Darker −20%#744481

Darker −30%#56335F

Darker −40%#38213E

More saturated +25%#B75BD0

Less saturated −25%#998F9C

Channel breakdown

R168

G117

B182

Red168 (65.9%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue182 (71.4%)

Hue287.08°

Saturation (HSL)30.81%

Lightness58.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G 75 · B B6

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