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Recognised as Colour

#A95CBD

  • #A95CBD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#A95CBD is a violet with RGB values 169, 92, 189 and HSL 288°, 42%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#A95CBD#A95CBD
HEX#A95CBD
RGBrgb(169, 92, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.3608, 0.7412
RGB percentages66.3%, 36.1%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(287.6, 42.4%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.6, 51.3%, 74.1%)
CMYK10.6%, 51.3%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,099,325
CSS custom property--colour: #A95CBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.95:1
Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#56A342

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4A76C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#627EBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A96A84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 14.6Medium orchid · ΔE 15.5Medium purple · ΔE 15.9Violet · ΔE 20.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.1Slate blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 14.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70BD5C
Analogous#795CBD, #BD5CA1
Triadic#BDA95C, #5CBDA9
Split complementary#A1BD5C, #5CBD79
Tetradic#BD795C, #70BD5C, #5CA1BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6EDF8
Lighter +30%#E2C9E9
Lighter +20%#CFA5DA
Lighter +10%#BC80CC
Darker −10%#9042A4
Darker −20%#70347F
Darker −30%#50255B
Darker −40%#301637
More saturated +25%#BA3FDA
Less saturated −25%#9879A0

Channel breakdown

R169
G92
B189
Red169 (66.3%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue287.63°
Saturation (HSL)42.36%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 5C · B BD

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