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Recognised as Colour

#A615DA

  • #A615DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A615DA is a violet with RGB values 166, 21, 218 and HSL 284°, 82%, 47%. 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

#A615DA#A615DA
HEX#A615DA
RGBrgb(166, 21, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.0824, 0.8549
RGB percentages65.1%, 8.2%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(284.2, 82.4%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.2, 90.4%, 85.5%)
CMYK23.9%, 90.4%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,884,570
CSS custom property--colour: #A615DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.61:1
Contrast with white5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#424242
Inverted#59EA25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61 from the original
Tritanopia#A05081no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.3Blue violet · ΔE 10.7Dark orchid · ΔE 14.3Fuchsia · ΔE 27.4Magenta · ΔE 27.4Medium orchid · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#49DA15
Analogous#4315DA, #DA15AC
Triadic#DAA615, #15DAA6
Split complementary#ABDA15, #15DA44
Tetradic#DA4415, #49DA15, #15ABDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBC2F9
Lighter +30%#DB93F5
Lighter +20%#CB65F0
Lighter +10%#BC36EC
Darker −10%#8311AB
Darker −20%#5F0C7D
Darker −30%#3C084E
Darker −40%#180320
More saturated +25%#B000EF
Less saturated −25%#9833BC

Channel breakdown

R166
G21
B218
Red166 (65.1%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue284.16°
Saturation (HSL)82.43%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 15 · B DA

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