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Recognised as Colour

#A050EC

  • #A050EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A050EC is a violet with RGB values 160, 80, 236 and HSL 271°, 80%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A050EC#A050EC
HEX#A050EC
RGBrgb(160, 80, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.3137, 0.9255
RGB percentages62.7%, 31.4%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(270.8, 80.4%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.8, 66.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK32.2%, 66.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,506,476
CSS custom property--colour: #A050EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#5FAF13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#1479E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Tritanopia#917398no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.5Blue violet · ΔE 15.4Medium orchid · ΔE 18.8Dark violet · ΔE 19.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.8Slate blue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9CEC50
Analogous#5250EC, #EC50EA
Triadic#ECA050, #50ECA0
Split complementary#EAEC50, #50EC52
Tetradic#EC5250, #9CEC50, #50EAEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBDAFB
Lighter +20%#D2ACF6
Lighter +10%#B97EF1
Darker −10%#8722E7
Darker −20%#6D15C1
Darker −30%#531093
Darker −40%#390B65
More saturated +25%#A03DFF
Less saturated −25%#9F68D4

Channel breakdown

R160
G80
B236
Red160 (62.7%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue270.77°
Saturation (HSL)80.41%
Lightness61.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 50 · B EC

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