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Recognised as Colour

#A16EDD

  • #A16EDD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A16EDD is a violet with RGB values 161, 110, 221 and HSL 268°, 62%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A16EDD#A16EDD
HEX#A16EDD
RGBrgb(161, 110, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.4314, 0.8667
RGB percentages63.1%, 43.1%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(267.6, 62%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.6, 50.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK27.1%, 50.2%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,579,677
CSS custom property--colour: #A16EDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.79:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#5E9122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B85E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5986DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#96829Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 5.4Slate blue · ΔE 14.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.4Medium orchid · ΔE 17.3Orchid · ΔE 21.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 5.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AADD6E
Analogous#6E72DD, #D96EDD
Triadic#DDA16E, #6EDDA1
Split complementary#DDD96E, #72DD6E
Tetradic#DD6E72, #AADD6E, #6EDDD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1EAFA
Lighter +20%#D7C1F0
Lighter +10%#BC97E7
Darker −10%#8645D3
Darker −20%#6D2BBA
Darker −30%#552290
Darker −40%#3C1867
More saturated +25%#9F58F3
Less saturated −25%#A384C7

Channel breakdown

R161
G110
B221
Red161 (63.1%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue267.57°
Saturation (HSL)62.01%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 6E · B DD

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