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Recognised as Colour

#A804D5

  • #A804D5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A804D5 is a violet with RGB values 168, 4, 213 and HSL 287°, 96%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A804D5#A804D5
HEX#A804D5
RGBrgb(168, 4, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.0157, 0.8353
RGB percentages65.9%, 1.6%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(287.1, 96.3%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.1, 98.1%, 83.5%)
CMYK21.1%, 98.1%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,011,285
CSS custom property--colour: #A804D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.76:1
Contrast with white5.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#57FB2A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A44A7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 6.4Blue violet · ΔE 12.8Dark orchid · ΔE 14.7Fuchsia · ΔE 26.4Magenta · ΔE 26.4Medium orchid · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 6.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#31D504
Analogous#3F04D5, #D5049A
Triadic#D5A804, #04D5A8
Split complementary#99D504, #04D540
Tetradic#D54004, #31D504, #049AD5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBA8FD
Lighter +30%#DF76FC
Lighter +20%#D444FB
Lighter +10%#C811FB
Darker −10%#8103A3
Darker −20%#590271
Darker −30%#32013F
Darker −40%#0A000D
More saturated +25%#AA00D9
Less saturated −25%#991FBA

Channel breakdown

R168
G4
B213
Red168 (65.9%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue287.08°
Saturation (HSL)96.31%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 04 · B D5

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