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Recognised as Colour

#A336DF

  • #A336DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A336DF is a violet with RGB values 163, 54, 223 and HSL 279°, 73%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A336DF#A336DF
HEX#A336DF
RGBrgb(163, 54, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.2118, 0.8745
RGB percentages63.9%, 21.2%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(278.7, 72.5%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 75.8%, 87.5%)
CMYK26.9%, 75.8%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,696,415
CSS custom property--colour: #A336DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.06:1
Contrast with white5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#5CC920

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0070DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9A5F89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.7Blue violet · ΔE 10.2Dark violet · ΔE 11Medium orchid · ΔE 22.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.9Dark magenta · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72DF36
Analogous#4E36DF, #DF36C6
Triadic#DFA336, #36DFA3
Split complementary#C6DF36, #36DF4E
Tetradic#DF4E36, #72DF36, #36C6DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E6FB
Lighter +30%#DFBAF4
Lighter +20%#CB8EED
Lighter +10%#B762E6
Darker −10%#891FC3
Darker −20%#6A1897
Darker −30%#4B116B
Darker −40%#2C0A3F
More saturated +25%#AB19FC
Less saturated −25%#9B53C2

Channel breakdown

R163
G54
B223
Red163 (63.9%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue278.7°
Saturation (HSL)72.53%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G 36 · B DF

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