Recognised as Colour

#A436BC

#A436BC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#A436BC is a violet with RGB values 164, 54, 188 and HSL 289°, 55%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#A436BC

RGBrgb(164, 54, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.2118, 0.7373

RGB percentages64.3%, 21.2%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(289.3, 55.4%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.3, 71.3%, 73.7%)

CMYK12.8%, 71.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,761,916

CSS custom property--colour: #A436BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.48:1

Contrast with white5.48:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#575757

Inverted#5BC943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0062C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#416DB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A45076no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 10 Dark orchid · ΔE 11.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 15.7 Purple · ΔE 19.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23 Orchid · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 10, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4EBC36

Analogous#6136BC, #BC3691

Triadic#BCA436, #36BCA4

Split complementary#91BC36, #36BC61

Tetradic#BC6136, #4EBC36, #3691BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EACDF1

Lighter +30%#DAA6E5

Lighter +20%#C97EDA

Lighter +10%#B956CF

Darker −10%#812B94

Darker −20%#5F1F6D

Darker −30%#3C1445

Darker −40%#1A081E

More saturated +25%#B718DA

Less saturated −25%#91549E

Channel breakdown

R164

G54

B188

Red164 (64.3%)

Green54 (21.2%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue289.25°

Saturation (HSL)55.37%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A4 · G 36 · B BC

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