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Recognised as Colour

#A045BC

  • #A045BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A045BC is a violet with RGB values 160, 69, 188 and HSL 286°, 47%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A045BC#A045BC
HEX#A045BC
RGBrgb(160, 69, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.2706, 0.7373
RGB percentages62.7%, 27.1%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(285.9, 47%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.9, 63.3%, 73.7%)
CMYK14.9%, 63.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,503,612
CSS custom property--colour: #A045BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15361WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#5FBA43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1E67C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4870B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9F5A7Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.4Dark orchid · ΔE 17Dark magenta · ΔE 17Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.3Purple · ΔE 19.4Orchid · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61BC45
Analogous#6445BC, #BC459D
Triadic#BCA045, #45BCA0
Split complementary#9DBC45, #45BC64
Tetradic#BC6445, #61BC45, #459DBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDDBF2
Lighter +30%#D9B5E5
Lighter +20%#C690D7
Lighter +10%#B36ACA
Darker −10%#813797
Darker −20%#612972
Darker −30%#411C4C
Darker −40%#210E27
More saturated +25%#B125DC
Less saturated −25%#8F659C

Channel breakdown

R160
G69
B188
Red160 (62.7%)
Green69 (27.1%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue285.88°
Saturation (HSL)47.04%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 45 · B BC

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