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Recognised as Colour

#A64DFF

  • #A64DFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A64DFF is a violet with RGB values 166, 77, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A64DFF#A64DFF
HEX#A64DFF
RGBrgb(166, 77, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.302, 1
RGB percentages65.1%, 30.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(270, 100%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 69.8%, 100%)
CMYK34.9%, 69.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,898,943
CSS custom property--colour: #A64DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.13:1
Contrast with white4.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#59B200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#007DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9478A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.6Dark violet · ΔE 16Dark orchid · ΔE 16.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 28Medium orchid · ΔE 28Medium blue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6FF4D
Analogous#4D4DFF, #FF4DFF
Triadic#FFA64D, #4DFFA6
Split complementary#FFFF4D, #4DFF4D
Tetradic#FF4D4D, #A6FF4D, #4DFFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3E6FF
Lighter +20%#D9B3FF
Lighter +10%#C080FF
Darker −10%#8C1AFF
Darker −20%#7300E6
Darker −30%#5A00B3
Darker −40%#400080
More saturated +25%#A64DFF
Less saturated −25%#A663E9

Channel breakdown

R166
G77
B255
Red166 (65.1%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 4D · B FF

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