Recognised as Colour

#A891ED

#A891ED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A891ED is a violet with RGB values 168, 145, 237 and HSL 255°, 72%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#A891ED

RGBrgb(168, 145, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5686, 0.9294

RGB percentages65.9%, 56.9%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(255, 71.9%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255, 38.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK29.1%, 38.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,047,405

CSS custom property--colour: #A891ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.94:1

Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#576E12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#77A0F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A9EEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Tritanopia#99A1B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.1 Plum · ΔE 23.2 Slate blue · ΔE 26 Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.8 Royal blue · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D6ED91

Analogous#91A8ED, #D691ED

Triadic#EDA891, #91EDA8

Split complementary#EDD691, #A8ED91

Tetradic#ED91A8, #D6ED91, #91EDD6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EDE9FB

Lighter +10%#CBBDF4

Darker −10%#8565E6

Darker −20%#6339DF

Darker −30%#4920C5

Darker −40%#391999

More saturated +25%#A081FD

Less saturated −25%#B0A1DD

Channel breakdown

R168

G145

B237

Red168 (65.9%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue255°

Saturation (HSL)71.88%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G 91 · B ED

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