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Recognised as Colour

#A21EBF

  • #A21EBF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A21EBF is a violet with RGB values 162, 30, 191 and HSL 289°, 73%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A21EBF#A21EBF
HEX#A21EBF
RGBrgb(162, 30, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.1176, 0.749
RGB percentages63.5%, 11.8%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(289.2, 72.9%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.2, 84.3%, 74.9%)
CMYK15.2%, 84.3%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,624,703
CSS custom property--colour: #A21EBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.04:1
Contrast with white6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#5DE140

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#2C67BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A24672no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.3Dark violet · ΔE 16.7Medium orchid · ΔE 18Blue violet · ΔE 19.8Dark magenta · ΔE 20.2Purple · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3BBF1E
Analogous#521EBF, #BF1E8B
Triadic#BFA21E, #1EBFA2
Split complementary#8BBF1E, #1EBF52
Tetradic#BF521E, #3BBF1E, #1E8BBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8B6F3
Lighter +30%#DB89ED
Lighter +20%#CD5DE6
Lighter +10%#BF31DF
Darker −10%#7D1793
Darker −20%#571067
Darker −30%#32093B
Darker −40%#0C020F
More saturated +25%#B402DB
Less saturated −25%#903AA3

Channel breakdown

R162
G30
B191
Red162 (63.5%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue289.19°
Saturation (HSL)72.85%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 1E · B BF

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