Recognised as Colour

#A893BD

#A893BD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#A893BD is a violet with RGB values 168, 147, 189 and HSL 270°, 24%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#A893BD

RGBrgb(168, 147, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5765, 0.7412

RGB percentages65.9%, 57.6%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(270, 24.1%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270, 22.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK11.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,047,869

CSS custom property--colour: #A893BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1

Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#576C42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C9ABFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#909BBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A598A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 18.9 Plum · ΔE 19.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 22.7 Slate grey · ΔE 22.8 Dark grey · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 18.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A8BD93

Analogous#9393BD, #BD93BD

Triadic#BDA893, #93BDA8

Split complementary#BDBD93, #93BD93

Tetradic#BD9393, #A8BD93, #93BDBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F2F7

Lighter +20%#DBD2E4

Lighter +10%#C2B3D0

Darker −10%#8E73AA

Darker −20%#755991

Darker −30%#5B4572

Darker −40%#423252

More saturated +25%#A87DD3

Less saturated −25%#A8A8A8

Channel breakdown

R168

G147

B189

Red168 (65.9%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue270°

Saturation (HSL)24.14%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G 93 · B BD

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Colour values

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