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Recognised as Colour

#A86CE5

  • #A86CE5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A86CE5 is a violet with RGB values 168, 108, 229 and HSL 270°, 70%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A86CE5#A86CE5
HEX#A86CE5
RGBrgb(168, 108, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.4235, 0.898
RGB percentages65.9%, 42.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(269.8, 69.9%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.8, 52.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK26.6%, 52.8%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,037,925
CSS custom property--colour: #A86CE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.94:1
Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#57931A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4387E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5788E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9E829Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.5Medium orchid · ΔE 13.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.7Slate blue · ΔE 16.5Orchid · ΔE 21Violet · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9E56C
Analogous#6C6CE5, #E56CE5
Triadic#E5A86C, #6CE5A8
Split complementary#E5E46C, #6DE56C
Tetradic#E56C6C, #A9E56C, #6CE5E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5EEFC
Lighter +20%#DBC3F4
Lighter +10%#C297ED
Darker −10%#8E41DD
Darker −20%#7523C8
Darker −30%#5B1C9C
Darker −40%#421471
More saturated +25%#A856FB
Less saturated −25%#A882CF

Channel breakdown

R168
G108
B229
Red168 (65.9%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue269.75°
Saturation (HSL)69.94%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 6C · B E5

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