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Recognised as Colour

#A883BA

  • #A883BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A883BA is a violet with RGB values 168, 131, 186 and HSL 280°, 28%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A883BA#A883BA
HEX#A883BA
RGBrgb(168, 131, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5137, 0.7294
RGB percentages65.9%, 51.4%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(280.4, 28.5%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 29.6%, 72.9%)
CMYK9.7%, 29.6%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,043,770
CSS custom property--colour: #A883BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.62:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#577C45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7B8EBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8392B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Tritanopia#A78A97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.8Thistle · ΔE 27Light slate grey · ΔE 29.6Medium purple · ΔE 29.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 30Slate grey · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95BA83
Analogous#8C83BA, #BA83B1
Triadic#BAA883, #83BAA8
Split complementary#B1BA83, #83BA8C
Tetradic#BA8C83, #95BA83, #83B1BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDE5F1
Lighter +20%#D6C5DE
Lighter +10%#BFA4CC
Darker −10%#9162A8
Darker −20%#764D8A
Darker −30%#5A3B69
Darker −40%#3E2849
More saturated +25%#B06BD2
Less saturated −25%#A09BA2

Channel breakdown

R168
G131
B186
Red168 (65.9%)
Green131 (51.4%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue280.36°
Saturation (HSL)28.5%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 83 · B BA

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