Recognised as Colour

#A017F9

#A017F9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#A017F9 is a violet with RGB values 160, 23, 249 and HSL 276°, 95%, 53%. 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

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HEX#A017F9

RGBrgb(160, 23, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.0902, 0.9765

RGB percentages62.7%, 9%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(276.4, 95%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.4, 90.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK35.7%, 90.8%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,491,897

CSS custom property--colour: #A017F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14926WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#5FE806

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0069FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#006CF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.2 from the original

Tritanopia#8E6194no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 14.5 Blue violet · ΔE 14.8 Medium blue · ΔE 27.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 28 Blue · ΔE 29.1 Fuchsia · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 14.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#70F917

Analogous#2F17F9, #F917E1

Triadic#F9A017, #17F9A0

Split complementary#E1F917, #17F92F

Tetradic#F92F17, #70F917, #17E1F9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F1DEFE

Lighter +30%#DDACFD

Lighter +20%#C97AFC

Lighter +10%#B449FA

Darker −10%#8506D7

Darker −20%#6604A6

Darker −30%#480374

Darker −40%#290242

More saturated +25%#A111FF

Less saturated −25%#9A35DB

Channel breakdown

R160

G23

B249

Red160 (62.7%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue276.37°

Saturation (HSL)94.96%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A0 · G 17 · B F9

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