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Recognised as Colour

#A94FBC

  • #A94FBC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A94FBC is a violet with RGB values 169, 79, 188 and HSL 290°, 45%, 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

#A94FBC#A94FBC
HEX#A94FBC
RGBrgb(169, 79, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.3098, 0.7373
RGB percentages66.3%, 31%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(289.5, 44.9%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.5, 58%, 73.7%)
CMYK10.1%, 58%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,095,996
CSS custom property--colour: #A94FBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17658WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.63:1
Contrast with white4.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#56B043

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#386EBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5878B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AA607Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.5Orchid · ΔE 15.6Dark magenta · ΔE 19.2Medium purple · ΔE 19.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.9Purple · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62BC4F
Analogous#724FBC, #BC4F99
Triadic#BCA94F, #4FBCA9
Split complementary#99BC4F, #4FBC72
Tetradic#BC724F, #62BC4F, #4F99BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E3F4
Lighter +30%#DFBEE6
Lighter +20%#CD99D8
Lighter +10%#BB74CA
Darker −10%#8C3C9C
Darker −20%#6B2D78
Darker −30%#4A1F53
Darker −40%#29112E
More saturated +25%#BD31DA
Less saturated −25%#956D9E

Channel breakdown

R169
G79
B188
Red169 (66.3%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue289.54°
Saturation (HSL)44.86%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 4F · B BC

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