Recognised as Colour

#A16AE6

#A16AE6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A16AE6 is a violet with RGB values 161, 106, 230 and HSL 267°, 71%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A16AE6#A16AE6

HEX#A16AE6

RGBrgb(161, 106, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.4157, 0.902

RGB percentages63.1%, 41.6%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(266.6, 71.3%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.6, 53.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK30%, 53.9%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,578,662

CSS custom property--colour: #A16AE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23598WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.72:1

Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#5E9519

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B85EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D85E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Tritanopia#94829Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.2 Slate blue · ΔE 14.9 Medium orchid · ΔE 14.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 23 Orchid · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AFE66A

Analogous#6A71E6, #DF6AE6

Triadic#E6A16A, #6AE6A1

Split complementary#E6DF6A, #71E66A

Tetradic#E66A71, #AFE66A, #6AE6DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4EDFC

Lighter +20%#D8C1F5

Lighter +10%#BD96ED

Darker −10%#853EDF

Darker −20%#6C22C8

Darker −30%#541A9D

Darker −40%#3D1371

More saturated +25%#9F54FC

Less saturated −25%#A380D0

Channel breakdown

R161

G106

B230

Red161 (63.1%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue266.61°

Saturation (HSL)71.26%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A1 · G 6A · B E6

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#A16AE6

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else