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Recognised as Colour

#A898CD

  • #A898CD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A898CD is a violet with RGB values 168, 152, 205 and HSL 258°, 35%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A898CD#A898CD
HEX#A898CD
RGBrgb(168, 152, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5961, 0.8039
RGB percentages65.9%, 59.6%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(258.1, 34.6%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.1, 25.9%, 80.4%)
CMYK18%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,049,165
CSS custom property--colour: #A898CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.04:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#576732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DA0CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA0CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A1A0AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.8Thistle · ΔE 21.5Light steelblue · ΔE 24Light slate grey · ΔE 25.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.6Steel blue · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDCD98
Analogous#98A2CD, #C398CD
Triadic#CDA898, #98CDA8
Split complementary#CDC298, #A3CD98
Tetradic#CD98A2, #BDCD98, #98CDC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2DDEE
Lighter +10%#C5BADE
Darker −10%#8B76BC
Darker −20%#6E53AC
Darker −30%#584389
Darker −40%#423267
More saturated +25%#A085E0
Less saturated −25%#B0ABBA

Channel breakdown

R168
G152
B205
Red168 (65.9%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue258.11°
Saturation (HSL)34.64%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 98 · B CD

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