Recognised as Colour

#A554EA

#A554EA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#A554EA is a violet with RGB values 165, 84, 234 and HSL 272°, 78%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A554EA#A554EA

HEX#A554EA

RGBrgb(165, 84, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.3294, 0.9176

RGB percentages64.7%, 32.9%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(272.4, 78.1%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.4, 64.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK29.5%, 64.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,835,178

CSS custom property--colour: #A554EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#707070

Inverted#5AAB15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007AEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E7DE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Tritanopia#997498no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 15.6 Blue violet · ΔE 18.6 Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.6 Dark violet · ΔE 22.2 Slate blue · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99EA54

Analogous#5A54EA, #EA54E4

Triadic#EAA554, #54EAA5

Split complementary#E4EA54, #54EA5A

Tetradic#EA5A54, #99EA54, #54E4EA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDDCFB

Lighter +20%#D5AFF5

Lighter +10%#BD81F0

Darker −10%#8D27E4

Darker −20%#7318C0

Darker −30%#581293

Darker −40%#3D0C66

More saturated +25%#A73FFF

Less saturated −25%#A36CD2

Channel breakdown

R165

G84

B234

Red165 (64.7%)

Green84 (32.9%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue272.4°

Saturation (HSL)78.12%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A5 · G 54 · B EA

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