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Recognised as Colour

#A88BB5

  • #A88BB5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A88BB5 is a violet with RGB values 168, 139, 181 and HSL 281°, 22%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A88BB5#A88BB5
HEX#A88BB5
RGBrgb(168, 139, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5451, 0.7098
RGB percentages65.9%, 54.5%, 71%
HSLhsl(281.4, 22.1%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.4, 23.2%, 71%)
CMYK7.2%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,045,813
CSS custom property--colour: #A88BB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#57744A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8693B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C96B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A89099no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.5Thistle · ΔE 21Light slate grey · ΔE 22.8Slate grey · ΔE 23.9Rosy brown · ΔE 24.6Light steelblue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98B58B
Analogous#938BB5, #B58BAD
Triadic#B5A88B, #8BB5A8
Split complementary#ADB58B, #8BB593
Tetradic#B5938B, #98B58B, #8BADB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEE8F1
Lighter +20%#D7C9DD
Lighter +10%#BFAAC9
Darker −10%#916CA1
Darker −20%#765585
Darker −30%#5B4166
Darker −40%#3F2D47
More saturated +25%#B173CD
Less saturated −25%#A0A0A0

Channel breakdown

R168
G139
B181
Red168 (65.9%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue281.43°
Saturation (HSL)22.11%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 8B · B B5

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