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Recognised as Colour

#A84CE5

  • #A84CE5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A84CE5 is a violet with RGB values 168, 76, 229 and HSL 276°, 75%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A84CE5#A84CE5
HEX#A84CE5
RGBrgb(168, 76, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.298, 0.898
RGB percentages65.9%, 29.8%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(276.1, 74.6%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.1, 66.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK26.6%, 66.8%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,029,733
CSS custom property--colour: #A84CE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19151WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#57B31A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#2E7AE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9F6D93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.1Medium orchid · ΔE 15.5Blue violet · ΔE 16.8Dark violet · ΔE 19.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 22Slate blue · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89E54C
Analogous#5B4CE5, #E54CD6
Triadic#E5A84C, #4CE5A8
Split complementary#D6E54C, #4CE55B
Tetradic#E55B4C, #89E54C, #4CD6E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEFF
Lighter +30%#E9D2F8
Lighter +20%#D3A5F2
Lighter +10%#BE79EB
Darker −10%#9220DE
Darker −20%#751AB1
Darker −30%#571385
Darker −40%#3A0D58
More saturated +25%#AD32FF
Less saturated −25%#A366CB

Channel breakdown

R168
G76
B229
Red168 (65.9%)
Green76 (29.8%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue276.08°
Saturation (HSL)74.63%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 4C · B E5

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