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Recognised as Colour

#A139DC

  • #A139DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A139DC is a violet with RGB values 161, 57, 220 and HSL 278°, 70%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A139DC#A139DC
HEX#A139DC
RGBrgb(161, 57, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.2235, 0.8627
RGB percentages63.1%, 22.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(278.3, 70%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.3, 74.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK26.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,566,108
CSS custom property--colour: #A139DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15671WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.08:1
Contrast with white5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#5EC623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0A70D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Tritanopia#996088no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.6Blue violet · ΔE 11.8Dark violet · ΔE 13Medium orchid · ΔE 20Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.9Dark magenta · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#74DC39
Analogous#4F39DC, #DC39C6
Triadic#DCA139, #39DCA1
Split complementary#C6DC39, #39DC4F
Tetradic#DC4F39, #74DC39, #39C6DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3E6FB
Lighter +30%#DFBBF3
Lighter +20%#CA90EB
Lighter +10%#B664E4
Darker −10%#8722C0
Darker −20%#681A95
Darker −30%#4A1369
Darker −40%#2C0B3E
More saturated +25%#A91CF9
Less saturated −25%#9956BF

Channel breakdown

R161
G57
B220
Red161 (63.1%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue278.28°
Saturation (HSL)69.96%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 39 · B DC

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