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Recognised as Colour

#A144D6

  • #A144D6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A144D6 is a violet with RGB values 161, 68, 214 and HSL 278°, 64%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A144D6#A144D6
HEX#A144D6
RGBrgb(161, 68, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.2667, 0.8392
RGB percentages63.1%, 26.7%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(278.2, 64%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.2, 68.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK24.8%, 68.2%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,568,918
CSS custom property--colour: #A144D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.87:1
Contrast with white4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#5EBB29

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#2E73D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9A6388no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.7Medium orchid · ΔE 13.1Blue violet · ΔE 18.8Dark violet · ΔE 20.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 22Dark magenta · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79D644
Analogous#5844D6, #D644C2
Triadic#D6A144, #44D6A1
Split complementary#C2D644, #44D658
Tetradic#D65844, #79D644, #44C2D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5EBFB
Lighter +30%#E0C1F2
Lighter +20%#CB98E8
Lighter +10%#B66EDF
Darker −10%#882ABD
Darker −20%#6A2094
Darker −30%#4C176A
Darker −40%#2E0E40
More saturated +25%#A928F3
Less saturated −25%#9961BA

Channel breakdown

R161
G68
B214
Red161 (63.1%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue278.22°
Saturation (HSL)64.04%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 44 · B D6

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