Recognised as Colour

#A258DE

#A258DE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#A258DE is a violet with RGB values 162, 88, 222 and HSL 273°, 67%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#A258DE

RGBrgb(162, 88, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.3451, 0.8706

RGB percentages63.5%, 34.5%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(273.1, 67%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.1, 60.4%, 87.1%)

CMYK27%, 60.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,639,582

CSS custom property--colour: #A258DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.99:1

Contrast with white4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#717171

Inverted#5DA721

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1679E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#3F7CDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Tritanopia#987393no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 10.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 14.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.7 Medium purple · ΔE 18.9 Slate blue · ΔE 19.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 10.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#94DE58

Analogous#5F58DE, #DE58D7

Triadic#DEA258, #58DEA2

Split complementary#D7DE58, #58DE5F

Tetradic#DE5F58, #94DE58, #58D7DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E9D8F7

Lighter +20%#D1ADEF

Lighter +10%#BA83E6

Darker −10%#8A2DD6

Darker −20%#6F22AE

Darker −30%#541A83

Darker −40%#391159

More saturated +25%#A53FF7

Less saturated −25%#9F71C5

Channel breakdown

R162

G88

B222

Red162 (63.5%)

Green88 (34.5%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue273.13°

Saturation (HSL)67%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G 58 · B DE

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