Recognised as Colour

#A88CD5

#A88CD5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A88CD5 is a violet with RGB values 168, 140, 213 and HSL 263°, 46%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#A88CD5

RGBrgb(168, 140, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.549, 0.8353

RGB percentages65.9%, 54.9%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(263, 46.5%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263, 34.3%, 83.5%)

CMYK21.1%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,046,101

CSS custom property--colour: #A88CD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31885WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.38:1

Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#57732A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B99D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8199D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A097A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17 Medium purple · ΔE 21.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.4 Orchid · ΔE 30.1 Steel blue · ΔE 31.3 Violet · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B9D58C

Analogous#8C94D5, #CD8CD5

Triadic#D5A88C, #8CD5A8

Split complementary#D5CC8C, #95D58C

Tetradic#D58C94, #B9D58C, #8CD5CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCFE

Lighter +20%#E1D7F0

Lighter +10%#C4B1E3

Darker −10%#8C67C7

Darker −20%#7043B8

Darker −30%#593692

Darker −40%#42286D

More saturated +25%#A378E9

Less saturated −25%#ADA0C1

Channel breakdown

R168

G140

B213

Red168 (65.9%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue263.01°

Saturation (HSL)46.5%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G 8C · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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