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Recognised as Colour

#A274CF

  • #A274CF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A274CF is a violet with RGB values 162, 116, 207 and HSL 270°, 49%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A274CF#A274CF
HEX#A274CF
RGBrgb(162, 116, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.4549, 0.8118
RGB percentages63.5%, 45.5%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(270.3, 48.7%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 44%, 81.2%)
CMYK21.7%, 44%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,646,735
CSS custom property--colour: #A274CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.94:1
Contrast with white3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#5D8B30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E87D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6989CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9B8398no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.9Slate blue · ΔE 20.8Orchid · ΔE 21.4Medium orchid · ΔE 24.6Violet · ΔE 24.7Plum · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1CF74
Analogous#7474CF, #CF74CF
Triadic#CFA274, #74CFA2
Split complementary#CFCF74, #74CF74
Tetradic#CF7474, #A1CF74, #74CFCF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEE6F6
Lighter +20%#D5C0E9
Lighter +10%#BB9ADC
Darker −10%#894EC2
Darker −20%#6F39A4
Darker −30%#552C7E
Darker −40%#3C1F58
More saturated +25%#A25DE6
Less saturated −25%#A28BB8

Channel breakdown

R162
G116
B207
Red162 (63.5%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue270.33°
Saturation (HSL)48.66%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 74 · B CF

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