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Recognised as Colour

#A066CD

  • #A066CD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A066CD is a violet with RGB values 160, 102, 205 and HSL 274°, 51%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A066CD#A066CD
HEX#A066CD
RGBrgb(160, 102, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.4, 0.8039
RGB percentages62.7%, 40%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(273.8, 50.7%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.8, 50.2%, 80.4%)
CMYK22%, 50.2%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,512,077
CSS custom property--colour: #A066CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.28:1
Contrast with white3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#5F9932

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4A7DD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B80CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9A7890no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8Slate blue · ΔE 16.7Medium orchid · ΔE 16.9Orchid · ΔE 18.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93CD66
Analogous#6D66CD, #CD66C6
Triadic#CDA066, #66CDA0
Split complementary#C7CD66, #66CD6D
Tetradic#CD6D66, #93CD66, #66C6CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8D9F3
Lighter +20%#D0B3E6
Lighter +10%#B88CDA
Darker −10%#8840C0
Darker −20%#6D329B
Darker −30%#522674
Darker −40%#37194E
More saturated +25%#A34DE6
Less saturated −25%#9D7FB4

Channel breakdown

R160
G102
B205
Red160 (62.7%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue273.79°
Saturation (HSL)50.74%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 66 · B CD

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