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Recognised as Colour

#A479ED

  • #A479ED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A479ED is a violet with RGB values 164, 121, 237 and HSL 262°, 76%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A479ED#A479ED
HEX#A479ED
RGBrgb(164, 121, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.4745, 0.9294
RGB percentages64.3%, 47.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(262.2, 76.3%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 48.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK30.8%, 48.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,779,117
CSS custom property--colour: #A479ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.54:1
Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#5B8612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5290F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C8FEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Tritanopia#958FA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.7Slate blue · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 20.1Royal blue · ΔE 22.4Orchid · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2ED79
Analogous#7988ED, #DE79ED
Triadic#EDA479, #79EDA4
Split complementary#EDDE79, #88ED79
Tetradic#ED7988, #C2ED79, #79EDDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1D3F9
Lighter +10%#C3A6F3
Darker −10%#854CE7
Darker −20%#671FE1
Darker −30%#5218B5
Darker −40%#3E1288
More saturated +25%#9F67FF
Less saturated −25%#A98CDA

Channel breakdown

R164
G121
B237
Red164 (64.3%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue262.24°
Saturation (HSL)76.32%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 79 · B ED

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