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Recognised as Colour

#A058DC

  • #A058DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A058DC is a violet with RGB values 160, 88, 220 and HSL 273°, 65%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A058DC#A058DC
HEX#A058DC
RGBrgb(160, 88, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.3451, 0.8627
RGB percentages62.7%, 34.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(272.7, 65.3%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.7, 60%, 86.3%)
CMYK27.3%, 60%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,508,508
CSS custom property--colour: #A058DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#5FA723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1978E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F7BD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Tritanopia#967292no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 10.8Dark orchid · ΔE 14.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.3Medium purple · ΔE 18Slate blue · ΔE 18.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 10.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94DC58
Analogous#5E58DC, #DC58D6
Triadic#DCA058, #58DCA0
Split complementary#D6DC58, #58DC5E
Tetradic#DC5E58, #94DC58, #58D6DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8D6F7
Lighter +20%#D0ACEE
Lighter +10%#B882E5
Darker −10%#882ED3
Darker −20%#6D24AA
Darker −30%#521B80
Darker −40%#371256
More saturated +25%#A23FF5
Less saturated −25%#9E71C3

Channel breakdown

R160
G88
B220
Red160 (62.7%)
Green88 (34.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue272.73°
Saturation (HSL)65.35%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 58 · B DC

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