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Recognised as Colour

#A429C6

  • #A429C6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A429C6 is a violet with RGB values 164, 41, 198 and HSL 287°, 66%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A429C6#A429C6
HEX#A429C6
RGBrgb(164, 41, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.1608, 0.7765
RGB percentages64.3%, 16.1%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(287, 65.7%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287, 79.3%, 77.6%)
CMYK17.2%, 79.3%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,758,598
CSS custom property--colour: #A429C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.66:1
Contrast with white5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#5BD639

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#2D6BC3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A24D78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.4Dark violet · ΔE 16.5Medium orchid · ΔE 16.6Blue violet · ΔE 18.6Dark magenta · ΔE 21.6Purple · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4BC629
Analogous#5529C6, #C6299A
Triadic#C6A429, #29C6A4
Split complementary#9AC629, #29C655
Tetradic#C65529, #4BC629, #299AC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAC7F4
Lighter +30%#DA9DEB
Lighter +20%#CA73E2
Lighter +10%#BA49D9
Darker −10%#81209C
Darker −20%#5E1871
Darker −30%#3B0F47
Darker −40%#18061D
More saturated +25%#B50BE4
Less saturated −25%#9347A8

Channel breakdown

R164
G41
B198
Red164 (64.3%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue287.01°
Saturation (HSL)65.69%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 29 · B C6

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