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Recognised as Colour

#A244D7

  • #A244D7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A244D7 is a violet with RGB values 162, 68, 215 and HSL 278°, 65%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A244D7#A244D7
HEX#A244D7
RGBrgb(162, 68, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.2667, 0.8431
RGB percentages63.5%, 26.7%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(278.4, 64.8%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.4, 68.4%, 84.3%)
CMYK24.7%, 68.4%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,634,455
CSS custom property--colour: #A244D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#5DBB28

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#2E73D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9B6389no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.6Medium orchid · ΔE 13.3Blue violet · ΔE 18.5Dark violet · ΔE 20Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.3Dark magenta · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79D744
Analogous#5944D7, #D744C3
Triadic#D7A244, #44D7A2
Split complementary#C2D744, #44D759
Tetradic#D75944, #79D744, #44C2D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6ECFB
Lighter +30%#E1C2F2
Lighter +20%#CC98E9
Lighter +10%#B76EE0
Darker −10%#8929BF
Darker −20%#6B2095
Darker −30%#4D176B
Darker −40%#2F0E41
More saturated +25%#AA28F3
Less saturated −25%#9A60BB

Channel breakdown

R162
G68
B215
Red162 (63.5%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue278.37°
Saturation (HSL)64.76%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 44 · B D7

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