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Recognised as Colour

#A850BB

  • #A850BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A850BB is a violet with RGB values 168, 80, 187 and HSL 289°, 44%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A850BB#A850BB
HEX#A850BB
RGBrgb(168, 80, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.3137, 0.7333
RGB percentages65.9%, 31.4%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(289.3, 44%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.3, 57.2%, 73.3%)
CMYK10.2%, 57.2%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,030,715
CSS custom property--colour: #A850BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.64:1
Contrast with white4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#57AF44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3A6EBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5978B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A9607Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 10.5Orchid · ΔE 15.6Medium purple · ΔE 18.8Dark magenta · ΔE 19.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.6Purple · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 10.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63BB50
Analogous#7350BB, #BB5098
Triadic#BBA850, #50BBA8
Split complementary#98BB50, #50BB72
Tetradic#BB7250, #63BB50, #5098BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E3F4
Lighter +30%#DFBEE6
Lighter +20%#CD99D8
Lighter +10%#BA75C9
Darker −10%#8B3C9C
Darker −20%#6A2E77
Darker −30%#492052
Darker −40%#28122D
More saturated +25%#BC32D9
Less saturated −25%#946E9D

Channel breakdown

R168
G80
B187
Red168 (65.9%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue289.35°
Saturation (HSL)44.03%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 50 · B BB

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