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Recognised as Colour

#A980C5

  • #A980C5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A980C5 is a violet with RGB values 169, 128, 197 and HSL 276°, 37%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A980C5#A980C5
HEX#A980C5
RGBrgb(169, 128, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.502, 0.7725
RGB percentages66.3%, 50.2%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(275.7, 37.3%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 35%, 77.3%)
CMYK14.2%, 35%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,108,549
CSS custom property--colour: #A980C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.58:1
Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#567F3A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#748EC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D91C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A68A99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.2Medium purple · ΔE 22.2Orchid · ΔE 27.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.5Violet · ΔE 30.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9CC580
Analogous#8780C5, #C580BF
Triadic#C5A980, #80C5A9
Split complementary#BEC580, #80C587
Tetradic#C58780, #9CC580, #80BEC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0E9F5
Lighter +20%#D8C6E5
Lighter +10%#C1A3D5
Darker −10%#915DB5
Darker −20%#774699
Darker −30%#5C3676
Darker −40%#412653
More saturated +25%#AD69DC
Less saturated −25%#A597AE

Channel breakdown

R169
G128
B197
Red169 (66.3%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue275.65°
Saturation (HSL)37.3%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 80 · B C5

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