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Recognised as Colour

#A518DB

  • #A518DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A518DB is a violet with RGB values 165, 24, 219 and HSL 283°, 80%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A518DB#A518DB
HEX#A518DB
RGBrgb(165, 24, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.0941, 0.8588
RGB percentages64.7%, 9.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(283.4, 80.2%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.4, 89%, 85.9%)
CMYK24.7%, 89%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,819,803
CSS custom property--colour: #A518DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13767WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.59:1
Contrast with white5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#5AE724

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9F5282no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.1Blue violet · ΔE 10.1Dark orchid · ΔE 14.1Fuchsia · ΔE 27.8Magenta · ΔE 27.8Medium orchid · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4EDB18
Analogous#4418DB, #DB18AF
Triadic#DBA518, #18DBA5
Split complementary#AFDB18, #18DB44
Tetradic#DB4418, #4EDB18, #18AFDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBC6F9
Lighter +30%#DA98F4
Lighter +20%#CA6AEF
Lighter +10%#BA3CEA
Darker −10%#8213AD
Darker −20%#600E7F
Darker −30%#3D0951
Darker −40%#1A0423
More saturated +25%#B000F3
Less saturated −25%#9736BD

Channel breakdown

R165
G24
B219
Red165 (64.7%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue283.38°
Saturation (HSL)80.25%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 18 · B DB

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