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Recognised as Colour

#A685EE

  • #A685EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A685EE is a violet with RGB values 166, 133, 238 and HSL 259°, 76%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A685EE#A685EE
HEX#A685EE
RGBrgb(166, 133, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.5216, 0.9333
RGB percentages65.1%, 52.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(258.9, 75.5%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.9, 44.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK30.3%, 44.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,913,262
CSS custom property--colour: #A685EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31055WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.21:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#597A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6598F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B96EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9798AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8Slate blue · ΔE 19.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.8Royal blue · ΔE 23.8Orchid · ΔE 25Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDEE85
Analogous#8598EE, #DB85EE
Triadic#EEA685, #85EEA6
Split complementary#EEDB85, #99EE85
Tetradic#EE8598, #CDEE85, #85EEDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7DFFA
Lighter +10%#C7B2F4
Darker −10%#8558E8
Darker −20%#652BE2
Darker −30%#4E1BBF
Darker −40%#3C1493
More saturated +25%#A074FF
Less saturated −25%#AC96DD

Channel breakdown

R166
G133
B238
Red166 (65.1%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue258.86°
Saturation (HSL)75.54%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 85 · B EE

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