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Recognised as Colour

#A34FCD

  • #A34FCD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A34FCD is a violet with RGB values 163, 79, 205 and HSL 280°, 56%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A34FCD#A34FCD
HEX#A34FCD
RGBrgb(163, 79, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.3098, 0.8039
RGB percentages63.9%, 31%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(280, 55.8%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 61.5%, 80.4%)
CMYK20.5%, 61.5%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,702,797
CSS custom property--colour: #A34FCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.61:1
Contrast with white4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#5CB032

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1E71D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4777CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Tritanopia#9F6687no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7Dark orchid · ΔE 14.7Medium purple · ΔE 19.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.2Slate blue · ΔE 20.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79CD4F
Analogous#644FCD, #CD4FB8
Triadic#CDA34F, #4FCDA3
Split complementary#B8CD4F, #4FCD64
Tetradic#CD644F, #79CD4F, #4FB8CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6EEFA
Lighter +30%#E1C6EF
Lighter +20%#CD9EE4
Lighter +10%#B877D8
Darker −10%#8A34B5
Darker −20%#6C288E
Darker −30%#4E1D66
Darker −40%#2F123E
More saturated +25%#AC33E9
Less saturated −25%#9A6BB1

Channel breakdown

R163
G79
B205
Red163 (63.9%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)55.75%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G 4F · B CD

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