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Recognised as Colour

#A104CD

  • #A104CD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A104CD is a violet with RGB values 161, 4, 205 and HSL 287°, 96%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A104CD#A104CD
HEX#A104CD
RGBrgb(161, 4, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.0157, 0.8039
RGB percentages63.1%, 1.6%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(286.9, 96.2%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.9, 98%, 80.4%)
CMYK21.5%, 98%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,552,525
CSS custom property--colour: #A104CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.15:1
Contrast with white6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#5EFB32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62 from the original
Tritanopia#9D4778no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 6.7Dark orchid · ΔE 12.1Blue violet · ΔE 12.7Medium orchid · ΔE 27Fuchsia · ΔE 29.1Magenta · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 6.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#30CD04
Analogous#3D04CD, #CD0494
Triadic#CDA104, #04CDA1
Split complementary#95CD04, #04CD3D
Tetradic#CD3C04, #30CD04, #0494CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9A0FD
Lighter +30%#DD6EFC
Lighter +20%#D13CFB
Lighter +10%#C60AFA
Darker −10%#7A039B
Darker −20%#520269
Darker −30%#2B0137
Darker −40%#040005
More saturated +25%#A300D1
Less saturated −25%#921EB3

Channel breakdown

R161
G4
B205
Red161 (63.1%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue286.87°
Saturation (HSL)96.17%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 04 · B CD

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