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Recognised as Colour

#A073DA

  • #A073DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A073DA is a violet with RGB values 160, 115, 218 and HSL 266°, 58%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A073DA#A073DA
HEX#A073DA
RGBrgb(160, 115, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.451, 0.8549
RGB percentages62.7%, 45.1%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(266.2, 58.2%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.2, 47.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK26.6%, 47.2%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,515,418
CSS custom property--colour: #A073DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#5F8C25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5588DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6088D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#96859Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 4.4Slate blue · ΔE 16.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.7Medium orchid · ΔE 21Orchid · ΔE 21.6Royal blue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 4.39, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADDA73
Analogous#737ADA, #D373DA
Triadic#DAA073, #73DAA0
Split complementary#DAD373, #7ADA73
Tetradic#DA737A, #ADDA73, #73DAD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2ECFA
Lighter +20%#D7C4EF
Lighter +10%#BB9BE5
Darker −10%#854BCF
Darker −20%#6B30B7
Darker −30%#53268E
Darker −40%#3C1B66
More saturated +25%#9D5DF0
Less saturated −25%#A389C4

Channel breakdown

R160
G115
B218
Red160 (62.7%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue266.21°
Saturation (HSL)58.19%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 73 · B DA

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