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Recognised as Colour

#A018FF

  • #A018FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A018FF is a violet with RGB values 160, 24, 255 and HSL 275°, 100%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A018FF#A018FF
HEX#A018FF
RGBrgb(160, 24, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.0941, 1
RGB percentages62.7%, 9.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(275.3, 100%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 90.6%, 100%)
CMYK37.3%, 90.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,492,159
CSS custom property--colour: #A018FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#5FE700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8C6498no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.1Dark violet · ΔE 17.1Blue · ΔE 27.4Medium blue · ΔE 27.4Dark orchid · ΔE 30.6Fuchsia · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77FF18
Analogous#2D18FF, #FF18EA
Triadic#FFA018, #18FFA0
Split complementary#EBFF18, #18FF2C
Tetradic#FF2C18, #77FF18, #18EAFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E4FF
Lighter +30%#DFB1FF
Lighter +20%#CA7EFF
Lighter +10%#B54BFF
Darker −10%#8600E4
Darker −20%#6800B1
Darker −30%#4A007E
Darker −40%#2C004B
More saturated +25%#A018FF
Less saturated −25%#9B35E2

Channel breakdown

R160
G24
B255
Red160 (62.7%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue275.32°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 18 · B FF

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