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Recognised as Colour

#A239DC

  • #A239DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A239DC is a violet with RGB values 162, 57, 220 and HSL 279°, 70%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A239DC#A239DC
HEX#A239DC
RGBrgb(162, 57, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.2235, 0.8627
RGB percentages63.5%, 22.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(278.7, 70%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 74.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK26.4%, 74.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,631,644
CSS custom property--colour: #A239DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15775WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1
Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#5DC623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0F70D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9A5F88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.6Blue violet · ΔE 12Dark violet · ΔE 13Medium orchid · ΔE 19.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.1Dark magenta · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73DC39
Analogous#5139DC, #DC39C4
Triadic#DCA239, #39DCA2
Split complementary#C4DC39, #39DC51
Tetradic#DC5139, #73DC39, #39C4DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3E6FB
Lighter +30%#DFBBF3
Lighter +20%#CB90EB
Lighter +10%#B664E4
Darker −10%#8822C0
Darker −20%#691A95
Darker −30%#4B1369
Darker −40%#2C0B3E
More saturated +25%#AA1CF9
Less saturated −25%#9A56BF

Channel breakdown

R162
G57
B220
Red162 (63.5%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue278.65°
Saturation (HSL)69.96%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 39 · B DC

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