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Colour

#A836F8

  • #A836F8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A836F8 is a violet with RGB values 168, 54, 248 and HSL 275°, 93%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A836F8#A836F8
HEX#A836F8
RGBrgb(168, 54, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.2118, 0.9725
RGB percentages65.9%, 21.2%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(275.3, 93.3%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 78.2%, 97.3%)
CMYK32.3%, 78.2%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,024,120
CSS custom property--colour: #A836F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1774WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#57C907

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0075F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9A6998no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9Dark violet · ΔE 11Dark orchid · ΔE 19.5Fuchsia · ΔE 29.4Magenta · ΔE 29.4Medium blue · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86F836
Analogous#4736F8, #F836E7
Triadic#F8A836, #36F8A8
Split complementary#E7F836, #36F847
Tetradic#F84736, #86F836, #36E7F8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBFF
Lighter +30%#E8CAFD
Lighter +20%#D399FB
Lighter +10%#BD67FA
Darker −10%#9208F3
Darker −20%#7407C1
Darker −30%#570590
Darker −40%#39035F
More saturated +25%#A92FFF
Less saturated −25%#A350DE

Channel breakdown

R168
G54
B248
Red168 (65.9%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue275.26°
Saturation (HSL)93.27%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 36 · B F8

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