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Recognised as Colour

#ACA5BF

  • #ACA5BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#ACA5BF is a violet with RGB values 172, 165, 191 and HSL 256°, 17%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#ACA5BF#ACA5BF
HEX#ACA5BF
RGBrgb(172, 165, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6471, 0.749
RGB percentages67.5%, 64.7%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(256.2, 16.9%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.2, 13.6%, 74.9%)
CMYK9.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,314,623
CSS custom property--colour: #ACA5BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.89:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#535A40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0A9C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1A8BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A9A9ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2Dark grey · ΔE 14.6Light slate grey · ΔE 16.5Silver · ΔE 16.9Slate grey · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8BFA5
Analogous#A5ABBF, #B9A5BF
Triadic#BFACA5, #A5BFAC
Split complementary#BFB9A5, #ABBFA5
Tetradic#BFA5AB, #B8BFA5, #A5BFB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFF
Lighter +20%#E3E1E9
Lighter +10%#C7C3D4
Darker −10%#9187AA
Darker −20%#756A94
Darker −30%#5E5477
Darker −40%#463F59
More saturated +25%#A392D2
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R172
G165
B191
Red172 (67.5%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue256.15°
Saturation (HSL)16.88%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G A5 · B BF

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