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Recognised as Colour

#A002FC

  • #A002FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A002FC is a violet with RGB values 160, 2, 252 and HSL 278°, 98%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A002FC#A002FC
HEX#A002FC
RGBrgb(160, 2, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.0078, 0.9882
RGB percentages62.7%, 0.8%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(277.9, 98.4%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.9, 99.2%, 98.8%)
CMYK36.5%, 99.2%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,486,524
CSS custom property--colour: #A002FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.37:1
Contrast with white5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#5FFD03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8D6094no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 17.7Blue violet · ΔE 18.5Blue · ΔE 27.1Medium blue · ΔE 27.8Fuchsia · ΔE 31.2Magenta · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 17.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5EFC02
Analogous#2302FC, #FC02DB
Triadic#FCA002, #02FCA0
Split complementary#DBFC02, #02FC23
Tetradic#FC2302, #5EFC02, #02DBFC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECCBFF
Lighter +30%#D999FE
Lighter +20%#C666FE
Lighter +10%#B334FD
Darker −10%#8002C9
Darker −20%#600197
Darker −30%#400164
Darker −40%#1F0032
More saturated +25%#A100FE
Less saturated −25%#9822DC

Channel breakdown

R160
G2
B252
Red160 (62.7%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue277.92°
Saturation (HSL)98.43%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 02 · B FC

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