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Recognised as Colour

#A64EEC

  • #A64EEC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A64EEC is a violet with RGB values 166, 78, 236 and HSL 273°, 81%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A64EEC#A64EEC
HEX#A64EEC
RGBrgb(166, 78, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.3059, 0.9255
RGB percentages65.1%, 30.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(273.4, 80.6%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.4, 66.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK29.7%, 66.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,899,180
CSS custom property--colour: #A64EEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#59B113

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#207BE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9A7197no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.8Blue violet · ΔE 14.9Medium orchid · ΔE 18.4Dark violet · ΔE 18.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.9Slate blue · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94EC4E
Analogous#574EEC, #EC4EE3
Triadic#ECA64E, #4EECA6
Split complementary#E3EC4E, #4EEC57
Tetradic#EC574E, #94EC4E, #4EE3EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBD8FB
Lighter +20%#D4AAF6
Lighter +10%#BD7CF1
Darker −10%#8F20E7
Darker −20%#7415BF
Darker −30%#581091
Darker −40%#3C0B63
More saturated +25%#A83BFF
Less saturated −25%#A367D4

Channel breakdown

R166
G78
B236
Red166 (65.1%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue273.42°
Saturation (HSL)80.61%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 4E · B EC

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