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Recognised as Colour

#A820DA

  • #A820DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A820DA is a violet with RGB values 168, 32, 218 and HSL 284°, 74%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A820DA#A820DA
HEX#A820DA
RGBrgb(168, 32, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.1255, 0.8549
RGB percentages65.9%, 12.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(283.9, 74.4%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.9, 85.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK22.9%, 85.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,018,458
CSS custom property--colour: #A820DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.41:1
Contrast with white5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#57DF25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A35382no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.1Blue violet · ΔE 11.1Dark orchid · ΔE 12Medium orchid · ΔE 26.2Fuchsia · ΔE 27.8Magenta · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#52DA20
Analogous#4B20DA, #DA20AF
Triadic#DAA820, #20DAA8
Split complementary#AFDA20, #20DA4B
Tetradic#DA4B20, #52DA20, #20AFDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDCEF8
Lighter +30%#DCA2F1
Lighter +20%#CB75EB
Lighter +10%#BA49E4
Darker −10%#8619AE
Darker −20%#631381
Darker −30%#410C55
Darker −40%#1F0628
More saturated +25%#B601F9
Less saturated −25%#9A3FBB

Channel breakdown

R168
G32
B218
Red168 (65.9%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue283.87°
Saturation (HSL)74.4%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 20 · B DA

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