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Recognised as Colour

#ACA5B5

  • #ACA5B5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#ACA5B5 is a violet with RGB values 172, 165, 181 and HSL 266°, 10%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#ACA5B5#ACA5B5
HEX#ACA5B5
RGBrgb(172, 165, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6471, 0.7098
RGB percentages67.5%, 64.7%, 71%
HSLhsl(266.3, 9.8%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 8.8%, 71%)
CMYK5%, 8.8%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,314,613
CSS custom property--colour: #ACA5B5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#535A4A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A7B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A8B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#ABA7AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.2Silver · ΔE 12.8Thistle · ΔE 13.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.3Light slate grey · ΔE 15.5Gray · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEB5A5
Analogous#A5A6B5, #B4A5B5
Triadic#B5ACA5, #A5B5AC
Split complementary#B5B4A5, #A6B5A5
Tetradic#B5A5A6, #AEB5A5, #A5B5B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F9FA
Lighter +20%#E0DDE3
Lighter +10%#C6C1CC
Darker −10%#92899E
Darker −20%#796E86
Darker −30%#5F576A
Darker −40%#46404E
More saturated +25%#A991CA
Less saturated −25%#ADADAD

Channel breakdown

R172
G165
B181
Red172 (67.5%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue266.25°
Saturation (HSL)9.76%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G A5 · B B5

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