Recognised as Colour

#A272DD

#A272DD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A272DD is a violet with RGB values 162, 114, 221 and HSL 267°, 61%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#A272DD

RGBrgb(162, 114, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.4471, 0.8667

RGB percentages63.5%, 44.7%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(266.9, 61.1%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.9, 48.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK26.7%, 48.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,646,237

CSS custom property--colour: #A272DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1

Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#5D8D22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5288E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E89DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#97859Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 4.5 Slate blue · ΔE 15.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 19.3 Orchid · ΔE 21.1 Violet · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 4.47, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ADDD72

Analogous#7278DD, #D772DD

Triadic#DDA272, #72DDA2

Split complementary#DDD872, #77DD72

Tetradic#DD7278, #ADDD72, #72DDD7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3EDFB

Lighter +20%#D8C4F1

Lighter +10%#BD9BE7

Darker −10%#8749D3

Darker −20%#6D2DBC

Darker −30%#552393

Darker −40%#3D196A

More saturated +25%#A05CF3

Less saturated −25%#A488C7

Channel breakdown

R162

G114

B221

Red162 (63.5%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue266.92°

Saturation (HSL)61.14%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G 72 · B DD

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