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Recognised as Colour

#A005EB

  • #A005EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A005EB is a violet with RGB values 160, 5, 235 and HSL 280°, 96%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A005EB#A005EB
HEX#A005EB
RGBrgb(160, 5, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.0196, 0.9216
RGB percentages62.7%, 2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(280.4, 95.8%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 97.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK31.9%, 97.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,487,275
CSS custom property--colour: #A005EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.65:1
Contrast with white5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#5FFA14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Tritanopia#93588Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.7Blue violet · ΔE 12.2Dark orchid · ΔE 23.9Medium blue · ΔE 27.5Fuchsia · ΔE 28.8Magenta · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#50EB05
Analogous#2D05EB, #EB05C3
Triadic#EBA005, #05EBA0
Split complementary#C3EB05, #05EB2D
Tetradic#EB2D05, #50EB05, #05C3EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9BEFE
Lighter +30%#D88CFD
Lighter +20%#C75BFC
Lighter +10%#B629FA
Darker −10%#7E04B9
Darker −20%#5C0387
Darker −30%#3A0255
Darker −40%#180123
More saturated +25%#A200F0
Less saturated −25%#9623CD

Channel breakdown

R160
G5
B235
Red160 (62.7%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue280.43°
Saturation (HSL)95.83%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 05 · B EB

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