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Recognised as Colour

#A6539E

  • #A6539E
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#A6539E is a magenta with RGB values 166, 83, 158 and HSL 306°, 33%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#A6539E#A6539E
HEX#A6539E
RGBrgb(166, 83, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.3255, 0.6196
RGB percentages65.1%, 32.5%, 62%
HSLhsl(305.8, 33.3%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(305.8, 50%, 65.1%)
CMYK0%, 50%, 4.8%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,900,382
CSS custom property--colour: #A6539E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16762WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#59AC61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F6BA1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#67769Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AC5A71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 20.2Purple · ΔE 25.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.2Medium purple · ΔE 26.5Medium orchid · ΔE 26.6Dark magenta · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 20.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#53A65B
Analogous#8553A6, #A65374
Triadic#9EA653, #539EA6
Split complementary#74A653, #53A685
Tetradic#A68553, #53A65B, #5374A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECD9EA
Lighter +30%#DBB7D8
Lighter +20%#CA95C5
Lighter +10%#B973B2
Darker −10%#84427E
Darker −20%#62315D
Darker −30%#40203D
Darker −40%#1E0F1D
More saturated +25%#C534B7
Less saturated −25%#877285

Channel breakdown

R166
G83
B158
Red166 (65.1%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue305.78°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A6 · G 53 · B 9E

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