Recognised as Colour

#A73CCC

#A73CCC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#A73CCC is a violet with RGB values 167, 60, 204 and HSL 285°, 59%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A73CCC#A73CCC

HEX#A73CCC

RGBrgb(167, 60, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.2353, 0.8

RGB percentages65.5%, 23.5%, 80%

HSLhsl(284.6, 58.5%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.6, 70.6%, 80%)

CMYK18.1%, 70.6%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,960,076

CSS custom property--colour: #A73CCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1

Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#58C333

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0068D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#3B72C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A55980no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 11.2 Dark violet · ΔE 21.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 21.3 Blue violet · ΔE 21.4 Purple · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#61CC3C

Analogous#5F3CCC, #CC3CA9

Triadic#CCA73C, #3CCCA7

Split complementary#A9CC3C, #3CCC5F

Tetradic#CC5F3C, #61CC3C, #3CA9CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0DEF6

Lighter +30%#DEB5EC

Lighter +20%#CB8DE1

Lighter +10%#B964D7

Darker −10%#892CA9

Darker −20%#682280

Darker −30%#471758

Darker −40%#270C30

More saturated +25%#B61DEB

Less saturated −25%#985BAD

Channel breakdown

R167

G60

B204

Red167 (65.5%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue284.58°

Saturation (HSL)58.54%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A7 · G 3C · B CC

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