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Recognised as Colour

#A018DF

  • #A018DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A018DF is a violet with RGB values 160, 24, 223 and HSL 281°, 81%, 48%. 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

#A018DF#A018DF
HEX#A018DF
RGBrgb(160, 24, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.0941, 0.8745
RGB percentages62.7%, 9.4%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(281, 80.6%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281, 89.2%, 87.5%)
CMYK28.3%, 89.2%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,492,127
CSS custom property--colour: #A018DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.69:1
Contrast with white5.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#5FE720

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.4 from the original
Tritanopia#975584no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 4Blue violet · ΔE 8.3Dark orchid · ΔE 16Fuchsia · ΔE 28.9Magenta · ΔE 28.9Medium blue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 3.96, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#57DF18
Analogous#3D18DF, #DF18BA
Triadic#DFA018, #18DFA0
Split complementary#BBDF18, #18DF3D
Tetradic#DF3D18, #57DF18, #18BADF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EACAF9
Lighter +30%#D89CF4
Lighter +20%#C66EEF
Lighter +10%#B440EA
Darker −10%#7F13B1
Darker −20%#5E0E83
Darker −30%#3D0955
Darker −40%#1C0427
More saturated +25%#A900F7
Less saturated −25%#9537C0

Channel breakdown

R160
G24
B223
Red160 (62.7%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue281.01°
Saturation (HSL)80.57%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 18 · B DF

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