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Recognised as Colour

#A437EC

  • #A437EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A437EC is a violet with RGB values 164, 55, 236 and HSL 276°, 83%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A437EC#A437EC
HEX#A437EC
RGBrgb(164, 55, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.2157, 0.9255
RGB percentages64.3%, 21.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(276.1, 82.6%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.1, 76.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK30.5%, 76.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,762,220
CSS custom property--colour: #A437EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.84:1
Contrast with white4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#5BC813

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Tritanopia#986591no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.1Dark violet · ΔE 9.4Dark orchid · ΔE 13.6Medium orchid · ΔE 27.5Fuchsia · ΔE 30.9Magenta · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7FEC37
Analogous#4A37EC, #EC37D9
Triadic#ECA437, #37ECA4
Split complementary#D9EC37, #37EC4A
Tetradic#EC4A37, #7FEC37, #37D9EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F1FE
Lighter +30%#E4C3F9
Lighter +20%#CE94F5
Lighter +10%#B966F0
Darker −10%#8C15DB
Darker −20%#6E10AD
Darker −30%#510C7E
Darker −40%#33084F
More saturated +25%#A824FF
Less saturated −25%#9E52D1

Channel breakdown

R164
G55
B236
Red164 (64.3%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue276.13°
Saturation (HSL)82.65%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 37 · B EC

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