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Recognised as Colour

#A01AFD

  • #A01AFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A01AFD is a violet with RGB values 160, 26, 253 and HSL 275°, 98%, 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

#A01AFD#A01AFD
HEX#A01AFD
RGBrgb(160, 26, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.102, 0.9922
RGB percentages62.7%, 10.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(275.4, 98.3%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.4, 89.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK36.8%, 89.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,492,669
CSS custom property--colour: #A01AFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.17:1
Contrast with white5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#5FE502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8D6497no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.9Dark violet · ΔE 15.9Medium blue · ΔE 27.3Blue · ΔE 28.1Dark orchid · ΔE 29.3Fuchsia · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77FD1A
Analogous#2E1AFD, #FD1AE9
Triadic#FDA01A, #1AFDA0
Split complementary#E9FD1A, #1AFD2E
Tetradic#FD2E1A, #77FD1A, #1AE9FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E4FF
Lighter +30%#DFB2FE
Lighter +20%#CA7FFE
Lighter +10%#B54DFD
Darker −10%#8602E2
Darker −20%#6802AF
Darker −30%#4A017D
Darker −40%#2C014A
More saturated +25%#A018FF
Less saturated −25%#9B37E0

Channel breakdown

R160
G26
B253
Red160 (62.7%)
Green26 (10.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue275.42°
Saturation (HSL)98.27%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 1A · B FD

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