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Recognised as Colour

#A829F6

  • #A829F6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A829F6 is a violet with RGB values 168, 41, 246 and HSL 277°, 92%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A829F6#A829F6
HEX#A829F6
RGBrgb(168, 41, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.1608, 0.9647
RGB percentages65.9%, 16.1%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(277.2, 91.9%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 83.3%, 96.5%)
CMYK31.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,020,790
CSS custom property--colour: #A829F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.87:1
Contrast with white4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#57D609

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9A6394no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.7Blue violet · ΔE 10.8Dark orchid · ΔE 22.1Fuchsia · ΔE 28.2Magenta · ΔE 28.2Medium blue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77F629
Analogous#4129F6, #F629DE
Triadic#F6A829, #29F6A8
Split complementary#DEF629, #29F641
Tetradic#F64129, #77F629, #29DEF6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8EDFE
Lighter +30%#E4BCFC
Lighter +20%#D08BFA
Lighter +10%#BC5AF8
Darker −10%#900AE2
Darker −20%#7107B2
Darker −30%#520581
Darker −40%#330350
More saturated +25%#AA20FF
Less saturated −25%#A145DA

Channel breakdown

R168
G41
B246
Red168 (65.9%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue277.17°
Saturation (HSL)91.93%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 29 · B F6

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