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Recognised as Colour

#A81BEC

  • #A81BEC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A81BEC is a violet with RGB values 168, 27, 236 and HSL 280°, 85%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A81BEC#A81BEC
HEX#A81BEC
RGBrgb(168, 27, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.1059, 0.9255
RGB percentages65.9%, 10.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(280.5, 84.6%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.5, 88.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK28.8%, 88.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,017,196
CSS custom property--colour: #A81BEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15165WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.21:1
Contrast with white5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#57E413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9E5A8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.3Blue violet · ΔE 10.8Dark orchid · ΔE 20.7Fuchsia · ΔE 26.9Magenta · ΔE 26.9Medium blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FEC1B
Analogous#3F1BEC, #EC1BC8
Triadic#ECA81B, #1BECA8
Split complementary#C8EC1B, #1BEC3F
Tetradic#EC3F1B, #5FEC1B, #1BC8EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0D7FC
Lighter +30%#DEA8F8
Lighter +20%#CC79F4
Lighter +10%#BA4AF0
Darker −10%#8910C4
Darker −20%#680C95
Darker −30%#470866
Darker −40%#260536
More saturated +25%#AF08FF
Less saturated −25%#9D3ACD

Channel breakdown

R168
G27
B236
Red168 (65.9%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue280.48°
Saturation (HSL)84.62%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 1B · B EC

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