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Recognised as Colour

#A257BB

  • #A257BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A257BB is a violet with RGB values 162, 87, 187 and HSL 285°, 42%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A257BB#A257BB
HEX#A257BB
RGBrgb(162, 87, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.3412, 0.7333
RGB percentages63.5%, 34.1%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(285, 42.4%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 53.5%, 73.3%)
CMYK13.4%, 53.5%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,639,291
CSS custom property--colour: #A257BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#5DA844

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4171BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A78B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A16681no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 14.6Medium purple · ΔE 15.2Orchid · ΔE 16.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.6Slate blue · ΔE 21.1Violet · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 14.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70BB57
Analogous#7057BB, #BB57A2
Triadic#BBA257, #57BBA2
Split complementary#A2BB57, #57BB70
Tetradic#BB7057, #70BB57, #57A2BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2E8F6
Lighter +30%#DEC4E7
Lighter +20%#CAA0D8
Lighter +10%#B67BCA
Darker −10%#87409F
Darker −20%#68327A
Darker −30%#492356
Darker −40%#2A1432
More saturated +25%#B13AD8
Less saturated −25%#93759D

Channel breakdown

R162
G87
B187
Red162 (63.5%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)42.37%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 57 · B BB

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