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Recognised as Colour

#A754DA

  • #A754DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A754DA is a violet with RGB values 167, 84, 218 and HSL 277°, 64%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A754DA#A754DA
HEX#A754DA
RGBrgb(167, 84, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.3294, 0.8549
RGB percentages65.5%, 32.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(277.2, 64.4%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 61.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK23.4%, 61.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,966,234
CSS custom property--colour: #A754DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#58AB25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1777DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#447CD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A06E8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.4Dark orchid · ΔE 12.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.5Medium purple · ΔE 20.6Slate blue · ΔE 21.4Orchid · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87DA54
Analogous#6454DA, #DA54CA
Triadic#DAA754, #54DAA7
Split complementary#CADA54, #54DA64
Tetradic#DA6454, #87DA54, #54CADA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFCFE
Lighter +30%#E8D2F5
Lighter +20%#D2A8EC
Lighter +10%#BD7EE3
Darker −10%#912DCE
Darker −20%#7324A4
Darker −30%#561B7A
Darker −40%#391151
More saturated +25%#AD3AF4
Less saturated −25%#A16EC0

Channel breakdown

R167
G84
B218
Red167 (65.5%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue277.16°
Saturation (HSL)64.42%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 54 · B DA

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