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Recognised as Colour

#A959CF

  • #A959CF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A959CF is a violet with RGB values 169, 89, 207 and HSL 281°, 55%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A959CF#A959CF
HEX#A959CF
RGBrgb(169, 89, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.349, 0.8118
RGB percentages66.3%, 34.9%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(280.7, 55.1%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.7, 57%, 81.2%)
CMYK18.4%, 57%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,098,575
CSS custom property--colour: #A959CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#56A630

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3777D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#547ECCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A66D8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.2Medium purple · ΔE 15.7Orchid · ΔE 17.7Dark orchid · ΔE 19.8Slate blue · ΔE 19.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7FCF59
Analogous#6E59CF, #CF59BA
Triadic#CFA959, #59CFA9
Split complementary#BACF59, #59CF6E
Tetradic#CF6E59, #7FCF59, #59BACF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF7FD
Lighter +30%#E6D0F1
Lighter +20%#D2A8E6
Lighter +10%#BD81DA
Darker −10%#9337BE
Darker −20%#742C96
Darker −30%#56206F
Darker −40%#371547
More saturated +25%#B33EEA
Less saturated −25%#9F74B4

Channel breakdown

R169
G89
B207
Red169 (66.3%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue280.68°
Saturation (HSL)55.14%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 59 · B CF

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