Recognised as Colour

#A983BB

#A983BB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A983BB is a violet with RGB values 169, 131, 187 and HSL 281°, 29%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A983BB#A983BB

HEX#A983BB

RGBrgb(169, 131, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5137, 0.7333

RGB percentages66.3%, 51.4%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(280.7, 29.2%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.7, 29.9%, 73.3%)

CMYK9.6%, 29.9%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,109,307

CSS custom property--colour: #A983BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28255WCAG 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 6.65:1

Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#567C44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B8FBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8392B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A88A97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.4 Thistle · ΔE 27.3 Medium purple · ΔE 29.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30 Light slate grey · ΔE 30.2 Slate grey · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#95BB83

Analogous#8D83BB, #BB83B1

Triadic#BBA983, #83BBA9

Split complementary#B1BB83, #83BB8D

Tetradic#BB8D83, #95BB83, #83B1BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEE6F1

Lighter +20%#D7C5DF

Lighter +10%#C0A4CD

Darker −10%#9262A9

Darker −20%#774D8C

Darker −30%#5B3A6B

Darker −40%#3F284A

More saturated +25%#B26BD3

Less saturated −25%#A09BA3

Channel breakdown

R169

G131

B187

Red169 (66.3%)

Green131 (51.4%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue280.71°

Saturation (HSL)29.17%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A9 · G 83 · B BB

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