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Recognised as Colour

#A87AB4

  • #A87AB4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A87AB4 is a violet with RGB values 168, 122, 180 and HSL 288°, 28%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A87AB4#A87AB4
HEX#A87AB4
RGBrgb(168, 122, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.4784, 0.7059
RGB percentages65.9%, 47.8%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(287.6, 27.9%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.6, 32.2%, 70.6%)
CMYK6.7%, 32.2%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,041,460
CSS custom property--colour: #A87AB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.11:1
Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#57854B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7387B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E8CB2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A9818Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.4Medium purple · ΔE 27.9Orchid · ΔE 29.6Pale violetred · ΔE 29.8Thistle · ΔE 30.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86B47A
Analogous#8B7AB4, #B47AA3
Triadic#B4A87A, #7AB4A8
Split complementary#A3B47A, #7AB48B
Tetradic#B48B7A, #86B47A, #7AA3B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFCFE
Lighter +30%#E8DCEB
Lighter +20%#D3BBD9
Lighter +10%#BD9BC6
Darker −10%#925BA0
Darker −20%#744880
Darker −30%#57365F
Darker −40%#39233F
More saturated +25%#B760CE
Less saturated −25%#99949A

Channel breakdown

R168
G122
B180
Red168 (65.9%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue287.59°
Saturation (HSL)27.88%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 7A · B B4

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