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Recognised as Colour

#A008FA

  • #A008FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A008FA is a violet with RGB values 160, 8, 250 and HSL 278°, 96%, 51%. 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

#A008FA#A008FA
HEX#A008FA
RGBrgb(160, 8, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.0314, 0.9804
RGB percentages62.7%, 3.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(277.7, 96%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.7, 96.8%, 98%)
CMYK36%, 96.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,488,058
CSS custom property--colour: #A008FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.7 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#3A3A3A
Inverted#5FF705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8E6093no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.7 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 16.3Blue violet · ΔE 17.1Medium blue · ΔE 27.5Blue · ΔE 27.9Dark orchid · ΔE 30.3Fuchsia · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62FA08
Analogous#2708FA, #FA08DB
Triadic#FAA008, #08FAA0
Split complementary#DBFA08, #08FA27
Tetradic#FA2708, #62FA08, #08DBFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDD0FE
Lighter +30%#DA9EFD
Lighter +20%#C66CFC
Lighter +10%#B33AFB
Darker −10%#8104CB
Darker −20%#610399
Darker −30%#410267
Darker −40%#220135
More saturated +25%#A103FF
Less saturated −25%#9828DB

Channel breakdown

R160
G8
B250
Red160 (62.7%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue277.69°
Saturation (HSL)96.03%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 08 · B FA

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