Recognised as Colour

#A668E7

#A668E7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#A668E7 is a violet with RGB values 166, 104, 231 and HSL 269°, 73%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#A668E7

RGBrgb(166, 104, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.4078, 0.9059

RGB percentages65.1%, 40.8%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(269.3, 72.6%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269.3, 55%, 90.6%)

CMYK28.1%, 55%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,905,831

CSS custom property--colour: #A668E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23777WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.76:1

Contrast with white3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#599718

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3884EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4E86E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Tritanopia#9A809Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 13 Medium purple · ΔE 13.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.3 Slate blue · ΔE 16.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 21 Orchid · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 13.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A9E768

Analogous#686AE7, #E568E7

Triadic#E7A668, #68E7A6

Split complementary#E7E568, #6AE768

Tetradic#E7686A, #A9E768, #68E7E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4ECFC

Lighter +20%#DAC0F5

Lighter +10%#C094EE

Darker −10%#8C3CE0

Darker −20%#7320C9

Darker −30%#59199D

Darker −40%#401271

More saturated +25%#A552FD

Less saturated −25%#A77ED1

Channel breakdown

R166

G104

B231

Red166 (65.1%)

Green104 (40.8%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue269.29°

Saturation (HSL)72.57%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 68 · B E7

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