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Recognised as Colour

#A882EA

  • #A882EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A882EA is a violet with RGB values 168, 130, 234 and HSL 262°, 71%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A882EA#A882EA
HEX#A882EA
RGBrgb(168, 130, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.5098, 0.9176
RGB percentages65.9%, 51%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(261.9, 71.2%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.9, 44.4%, 91.8%)
CMYK28.2%, 44.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,043,562
CSS custom property--colour: #A882EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30231WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.05:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#577D15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6395EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B95E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9B95ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.4Slate blue · ΔE 19.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 21Orchid · ΔE 23.4Violet · ΔE 24.3Medium orchid · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C4EA82
Analogous#8290EA, #DC82EA
Triadic#EAA882, #82EAA8
Split complementary#EADC82, #90EA82
Tetradic#EA8290, #C4EA82, #82EADC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5D9F9
Lighter +10%#C6AEF1
Darker −10%#8A56E3
Darker −20%#6B2BDB
Darker −30%#551EB5
Darker −40%#411789
More saturated +25%#A370FC
Less saturated −25%#AD94D8

Channel breakdown

R168
G130
B234
Red168 (65.9%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue261.92°
Saturation (HSL)71.23%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 82 · B EA

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