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Recognised as Colour

#A254D7

  • #A254D7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A254D7 is a violet with RGB values 162, 84, 215 and HSL 276°, 62%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A254D7#A254D7
HEX#A254D7
RGBrgb(162, 84, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.3294, 0.8431
RGB percentages63.5%, 32.9%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(275.7, 62.1%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 60.9%, 84.3%)
CMYK24.7%, 60.9%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,638,551
CSS custom property--colour: #A254D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18928WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.79:1
Contrast with white4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#5DAB28

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1875DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#427AD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9A6E8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.1Dark orchid · ΔE 13.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.3Medium purple · ΔE 18.9Slate blue · ΔE 19.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89D754
Analogous#6154D7, #D754CA
Triadic#D7A254, #54D7A2
Split complementary#CAD754, #54D761
Tetradic#D76154, #89D754, #54CAD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF9FE
Lighter +30%#E5D0F4
Lighter +20%#CFA7EA
Lighter +10%#B87DE1
Darker −10%#8B2FC9
Darker −20%#6E25A0
Darker −30%#521C76
Darker −40%#35124D
More saturated +25%#A73AF1
Less saturated −25%#9D6EBD

Channel breakdown

R162
G84
B215
Red162 (63.5%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue275.73°
Saturation (HSL)62.09%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 54 · B D7

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