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Recognised as Colour

#A89CBC

  • #A89CBC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A89CBC is a violet with RGB values 168, 156, 188 and HSL 263°, 19%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A89CBC#A89CBC
HEX#A89CBC
RGBrgb(168, 156, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.6118, 0.7373
RGB percentages65.9%, 61.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(262.5, 19.3%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.5, 17%, 73.7%)
CMYK10.6%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,050,172
CSS custom property--colour: #A89CBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.15:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#576343

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96A1BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A1BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A5A0A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 15.1Light slate grey · ΔE 17Light steelblue · ΔE 17Dark grey · ΔE 18.6Slate grey · ΔE 19.1Silver · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0BC9C
Analogous#9CA0BC, #B89CBC
Triadic#BCA89C, #9CBCA8
Split complementary#BCB89C, #A0BC9C
Tetradic#BC9CA0, #B0BC9C, #9CBCB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F7FA
Lighter +20%#DDD9E5
Lighter +10%#C3BAD1
Darker −10%#8D7EA7
Darker −20%#736290
Darker −30%#5B4D72
Darker −40%#433953
More saturated +25%#A387D1
Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R168
G156
B188
Red168 (65.9%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue262.5°
Saturation (HSL)19.28%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 9C · B BC

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