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Recognised as Colour

#A359D7

  • #A359D7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A359D7 is a violet with RGB values 163, 89, 215 and HSL 275°, 61%, 60%. 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

#A359D7#A359D7
HEX#A359D7
RGBrgb(163, 89, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.349, 0.8431
RGB percentages63.9%, 34.9%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(275.2, 61.2%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 58.6%, 84.3%)
CMYK24.2%, 58.6%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,705,367
CSS custom property--colour: #A359D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#5CA628

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2978DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#487CD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9C7190no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9Medium purple · ΔE 16.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.7Dark orchid · ΔE 16.8Slate blue · ΔE 18.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DD759
Analogous#6459D7, #D759CC
Triadic#D7A359, #59D7A3
Split complementary#CCD759, #59D764
Tetradic#D76459, #8DD759, #59CCD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFF
Lighter +30%#E7D4F5
Lighter +20%#D1ABEB
Lighter +10%#BA82E1
Darker −10%#8C31CC
Darker −20%#7027A3
Darker −30%#541D7A
Darker −40%#371351
More saturated +25%#A73FF1
Less saturated −25%#9F73BD

Channel breakdown

R163
G89
B215
Red163 (63.9%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue275.24°
Saturation (HSL)61.17%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G 59 · B D7

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