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Recognised as Colour

#A046DB

  • #A046DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A046DB is a violet with RGB values 160, 70, 219 and HSL 276°, 67%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A046DB#A046DB
HEX#A046DB
RGBrgb(160, 70, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.2745, 0.8588
RGB percentages62.7%, 27.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(276.2, 67.4%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.2, 68%, 85.9%)
CMYK26.9%, 68%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,503,899
CSS custom property--colour: #A046DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.78:1
Contrast with white4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#5FB924

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#2774D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Tritanopia#97668Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6Medium orchid · ΔE 14.7Blue violet · ΔE 17.3Dark violet · ΔE 19.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.4Slate blue · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81DB46
Analogous#5646DB, #DB46CB
Triadic#DBA046, #46DBA0
Split complementary#CBDB46, #46DB56
Tetradic#DB5646, #81DB46, #46CBDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F1FC
Lighter +30%#E2C6F4
Lighter +20%#CC9BEC
Lighter +10%#B671E3
Darker −10%#8827C7
Darker −20%#6B1E9D
Darker −30%#4E1672
Darker −40%#300E47
More saturated +25%#A62AF7
Less saturated −25%#9A62BF

Channel breakdown

R160
G70
B219
Red160 (62.7%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue276.24°
Saturation (HSL)67.42%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 46 · B DB

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