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Recognised as Colour

#A56EE4

  • #A56EE4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A56EE4 is a violet with RGB values 165, 110, 228 and HSL 268°, 69%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A56EE4#A56EE4
HEX#A56EE4
RGBrgb(165, 110, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.4314, 0.8941
RGB percentages64.7%, 43.1%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(268, 68.6%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268, 51.8%, 89.4%)
CMYK27.6%, 51.8%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,841,828
CSS custom property--colour: #A56EE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.95:1
Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#5A911B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4787E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5788E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9A849Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.6Medium orchid · ΔE 15.4Slate blue · ΔE 15.5Orchid · ΔE 21.4Violet · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADE46E
Analogous#6E72E4, #E06EE4
Triadic#E4A56E, #6EE4A5
Split complementary#E4E06E, #72E46E
Tetradic#E46E72, #ADE46E, #6EE4E0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5EFFC
Lighter +20%#DAC4F4
Lighter +10%#C099EC
Darker −10%#8A43DC
Darker −20%#7125C7
Darker −30%#581D9C
Darker −40%#401571
More saturated +25%#A459FA
Less saturated −25%#A684CF

Channel breakdown

R165
G110
B228
Red165 (64.7%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue267.97°
Saturation (HSL)68.6%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 6E · B E4

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