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Recognised as Colour

#A249DA

  • #A249DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A249DA is a violet with RGB values 162, 73, 218 and HSL 277°, 66%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A249DA#A249DA
HEX#A249DA
RGBrgb(162, 73, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.2863, 0.8549
RGB percentages63.5%, 28.6%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(276.8, 66.2%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.8, 66.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK25.7%, 66.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,635,738
CSS custom property--colour: #A249DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17508WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.66:1
Contrast with white4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#5DB625

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#3175D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9A688Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.3Medium orchid · ΔE 12.8Blue violet · ΔE 19.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.6Dark violet · ΔE 21.5Slate blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81DA49
Analogous#5949DA, #DA49CA
Triadic#DAA249, #49DAA2
Split complementary#C9DA49, #49DA5A
Tetradic#DA5A49, #81DA49, #49CADA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F3FC
Lighter +30%#E3C8F4
Lighter +20%#CD9EEB
Lighter +10%#B873E3
Darker −10%#8A29C7
Darker −20%#6D209D
Darker −30%#4F1773
Darker −40%#320F48
More saturated +25%#A82EF5
Less saturated −25%#9C64BF

Channel breakdown

R162
G73
B218
Red162 (63.5%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue276.83°
Saturation (HSL)66.21%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 49 · B DA

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