Colour

#A56BDA

#A56BDA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A56BDA is a violet with RGB values 165, 107, 218 and HSL 271°, 60%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#A56BDA

RGBrgb(165, 107, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.4196, 0.8549

RGB percentages64.7%, 42%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(271.4, 60%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.4, 50.9%, 85.5%)

CMYK24.3%, 50.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,841,050

CSS custom property--colour: #A56BDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.72:1

Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#5A9425

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A83DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B86D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9D7F99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 15.2 Slate blue · ΔE 16.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.7 Orchid · ΔE 19.3 Violet · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A0DA6B

Analogous#6E6BDA, #DA6BD7

Triadic#DAA56B, #6BDAA5

Split complementary#D7DA6B, #6BDA6E

Tetradic#DA6E6B, #A0DA6B, #6BD7DA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFE5F9

Lighter +20%#D7BDEE

Lighter +10%#BE94E4

Darker −10%#8C42D0

Darker −20%#732DB2

Darker −30%#58228A

Darker −40%#3E1861

More saturated +25%#A654F1

Less saturated −25%#A482C3

Channel breakdown

R165

G107

B218

Red165 (64.7%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue271.35°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A5 · G 6B · B DA

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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