Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#A74BE6

  • #A74BE6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A74BE6 is a violet with RGB values 167, 75, 230 and HSL 276°, 76%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A74BE6#A74BE6
HEX#A74BE6
RGBrgb(167, 75, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.2941, 0.902
RGB percentages65.5%, 29.4%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(275.6, 75.6%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.6, 67.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK27.4%, 67.4%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,963,942
CSS custom property--colour: #A74BE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.79:1
Contrast with white4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#58B419

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#297AE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9D6D93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.1Blue violet · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 16.5Dark violet · ΔE 18.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.3Slate blue · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AE64B
Analogous#5A4BE6, #E64BD7
Triadic#E6A74B, #4BE6A7
Split complementary#D7E64B, #4BE65A
Tetradic#E65A4B, #8AE64B, #4BD7E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEFF
Lighter +30%#E9D1F9
Lighter +20%#D3A5F2
Lighter +10%#BD78EC
Darker −10%#911FDF
Darker −20%#7419B2
Darker −30%#571385
Darker −40%#3A0C59
More saturated +25%#AC32FF
Less saturated −25%#A265CC

Channel breakdown

R167
G75
B230
Red167 (65.5%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue275.61°
Saturation (HSL)75.61%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 4B · B E6

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “a74be6” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.