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Recognised as Colour

#A465CA

  • #A465CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A465CA is a violet with RGB values 164, 101, 202 and HSL 277°, 49%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A465CA#A465CA
HEX#A465CA
RGBrgb(164, 101, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.3961, 0.7922
RGB percentages64.3%, 39.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(277.4, 48.8%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.4, 50%, 79.2%)
CMYK18.8%, 50%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,773,962
CSS custom property--colour: #A465CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.29:1
Contrast with white3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#5B9A35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C7DCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F81C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A0758Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10Medium orchid · ΔE 16.3Orchid · ΔE 17.3Slate blue · ΔE 18.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 21Violet · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BCA65
Analogous#7265CA, #CA65BD
Triadic#CAA465, #65CAA4
Split complementary#BDCA65, #65CA72
Tetradic#CA7265, #8BCA65, #65BDCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFE
Lighter +30%#E7D7F1
Lighter +20%#D1B1E4
Lighter +10%#BA8BD7
Darker −10%#8D41BB
Darker −20%#713396
Darker −30%#542670
Darker −40%#37194A
More saturated +25%#AA4BE4
Less saturated −25%#9E7FB0

Channel breakdown

R164
G101
B202
Red164 (64.3%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue277.43°
Saturation (HSL)48.79%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 65 · B CA

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