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Recognised as Colour

#A004FD

  • #A004FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A004FD is a violet with RGB values 160, 4, 253 and HSL 278°, 98%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A004FD#A004FD
HEX#A004FD
RGBrgb(160, 4, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.0157, 0.9922
RGB percentages62.7%, 1.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(277.6, 98.4%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.6, 98.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK36.8%, 98.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,487,037
CSS custom property--colour: #A004FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14652WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.34:1
Contrast with white5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#5FFB02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8D6195no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 18Blue violet · ΔE 18.7Blue · ΔE 26.9Medium blue · ΔE 27.8Fuchsia · ΔE 31.4Magenta · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 18.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61FD04
Analogous#2404FD, #FD04DD
Triadic#FDA004, #04FDA0
Split complementary#DEFD04, #04FD23
Tetradic#FD2304, #61FD04, #04DDFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDCEFF
Lighter +30%#D99CFE
Lighter +20%#C669FE
Lighter +10%#B337FD
Darker −10%#8102CC
Darker −20%#61019A
Darker −30%#410167
Darker −40%#210035
More saturated +25%#A102FF
Less saturated −25%#9824DD

Channel breakdown

R160
G4
B253
Red160 (62.7%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue277.59°
Saturation (HSL)98.42%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 04 · B FD

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