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Recognised as Colour

#A67CE5

  • #A67CE5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A67CE5 is a violet with RGB values 166, 124, 229 and HSL 264°, 67%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A67CE5#A67CE5
HEX#A67CE5
RGBrgb(166, 124, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.4863, 0.898
RGB percentages65.1%, 48.6%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(264, 66.9%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264, 45.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK27.5%, 45.9%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,910,949
CSS custom property--colour: #A67CE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.64:1
Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#59831A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D90E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Deuteranopia#6790E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9A8FA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 5.7Slate blue · ΔE 18Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.9Orchid · ΔE 22.3Medium orchid · ΔE 22.5Violet · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 5.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBE57C
Analogous#7C87E5, #DB7CE5
Triadic#E5A67C, #7CE5A6
Split complementary#E5DB7C, #87E57C
Tetradic#E57C86, #BBE57C, #7CE5DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFCFE
Lighter +20%#E0D1F6
Lighter +10%#C3A7ED
Darker −10%#8951DD
Darker −20%#6D2AD1
Darker −30%#5721A7
Darker −40%#41197C
More saturated +25%#A268F9
Less saturated −25%#AA90D1

Channel breakdown

R166
G124
B229
Red166 (65.1%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue264°
Saturation (HSL)66.88%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 7C · B E5

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