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Recognised as Colour

#A755CA

  • #A755CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A755CA is a violet with RGB values 167, 85, 202 and HSL 282°, 52%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A755CA#A755CA
HEX#A755CA
RGBrgb(167, 85, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.3333, 0.7922
RGB percentages65.5%, 33.3%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(282.1, 52.5%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.1, 57.9%, 79.2%)
CMYK17.3%, 57.9%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,966,474
CSS custom property--colour: #A755CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#58AA35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3374CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#537BC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A46987no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 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 text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.2Medium purple · ΔE 16.6Orchid · ΔE 17.8Dark orchid · ΔE 19.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.2Slate blue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78CA55
Analogous#6C55CA, #CA55B3
Triadic#CAA755, #55CAA7
Split complementary#B3CA55, #55CA6C
Tetradic#CA6C55, #78CA55, #55B3CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F1FA
Lighter +30%#E3CAEE
Lighter +20%#CFA3E2
Lighter +10%#BB7CD6
Darker −10%#8F38B4
Darker −20%#702C8D
Darker −30%#512066
Darker −40%#32143F
More saturated +25%#B239E6
Less saturated −25%#9C71AE

Channel breakdown

R167
G85
B202
Red167 (65.5%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue282.05°
Saturation (HSL)52.47%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 55 · B CA

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