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Recognised as Colour

#A167DA

  • #A167DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A167DA is a violet with RGB values 161, 103, 218 and HSL 270°, 61%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A167DA#A167DA
HEX#A167DA
RGBrgb(161, 103, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.4039, 0.8549
RGB percentages63.1%, 40.4%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(270.3, 60.8%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 52.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK26.1%, 52.8%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,577,882
CSS custom property--colour: #A167DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.47:1
Contrast with white3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#5E9825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4180DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5482D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Tritanopia#977C97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.4Medium orchid · ΔE 14.2Slate blue · ΔE 14.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.7Orchid · ΔE 20.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0DA67
Analogous#6767DA, #DA67DA
Triadic#DAA167, #67DAA1
Split complementary#DADA67, #67DA67
Tetradic#DA6767, #A0DA67, #67DADA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDE2F8
Lighter +20%#D4B9EE
Lighter +10%#BA90E4
Darker −10%#883ED0
Darker −20%#6E2BB0
Darker −30%#542187
Darker −40%#3B175E
More saturated +25%#A14FF2
Less saturated −25%#A17FC2

Channel breakdown

R161
G103
B218
Red161 (63.1%)
Green103 (40.4%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue270.26°
Saturation (HSL)60.85%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 67 · B DA

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