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Recognised as Colour

#A55BD6

  • #A55BD6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A55BD6 is a violet with RGB values 165, 91, 214 and HSL 276°, 60%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A55BD6#A55BD6
HEX#A55BD6
RGBrgb(165, 91, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.3569, 0.8392
RGB percentages64.7%, 35.7%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(276.1, 60%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.1, 57.5%, 83.9%)
CMYK22.9%, 57.5%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,836,950
CSS custom property--colour: #A55BD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.07:1
Contrast with white4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#5AA429

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3079DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D7ED3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9E7290no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.7Medium purple · ΔE 15.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.4Slate blue · ΔE 18.1Dark orchid · ΔE 18.3Orchid · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CD65B
Analogous#685BD6, #D65BC9
Triadic#D6A55B, #5BD6A5
Split complementary#C9D65B, #5BD668
Tetradic#D6685B, #8CD65B, #5BC9D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEFF
Lighter +30%#E8D5F5
Lighter +20%#D2ADEA
Lighter +10%#BB84E0
Darker −10%#8E33CB
Darker −20%#7229A2
Darker −30%#551E7A
Darker −40%#391451
More saturated +25%#AA41F0
Less saturated −25%#A075BC

Channel breakdown

R165
G91
B214
Red165 (64.7%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue276.1°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 5B · B D6

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