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Recognised as Colour

#A005FF

  • #A005FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A005FF is a violet with RGB values 160, 5, 255 and HSL 277°, 100%, 51%. 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

#A005FF#A005FF
HEX#A005FF
RGBrgb(160, 5, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.0196, 1
RGB percentages62.7%, 2%, 100%
HSLhsl(277.2, 100%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 98%, 100%)
CMYK37.3%, 98%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,487,295
CSS custom property--colour: #A005FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.3:1
Contrast with white5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#5FFA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8C6296no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 18.9Blue violet · ΔE 19.4Blue · ΔE 26.4Medium blue · ΔE 28Fuchsia · ΔE 31.8Magenta · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 18.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64FF05
Analogous#2305FF, #FF05E1
Triadic#FFA005, #05FFA0
Split complementary#E1FF05, #05FF23
Tetradic#FF2305, #64FF05, #05E1FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EED1FF
Lighter +30%#DA9EFF
Lighter +20%#C76BFF
Lighter +10%#B338FF
Darker −10%#8200D1
Darker −20%#62009E
Darker −30%#42006B
Darker −40%#230038
More saturated +25%#A005FF
Less saturated −25%#9924E0

Channel breakdown

R160
G5
B255
Red160 (62.7%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue277.2°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 05 · B FF

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