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Recognised as Colour

#A020BF

  • #A020BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A020BF is a violet with RGB values 160, 32, 191 and HSL 288°, 71%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A020BF#A020BF
HEX#A020BF
RGBrgb(160, 32, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.1255, 0.749
RGB percentages62.7%, 12.5%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(288.3, 71.3%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.3, 83.2%, 74.9%)
CMYK16.2%, 83.2%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,494,143
CSS custom property--colour: #A020BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.08:1
Contrast with white6.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#5FDF40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#2A66BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58 from the original
Tritanopia#9F4773no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6.6Dark violet · ΔE 16.7Medium orchid · ΔE 17.7Blue violet · ΔE 19.5Dark magenta · ΔE 20.1Purple · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3FBF20
Analogous#5020BF, #BF208F
Triadic#BFA020, #20BFA0
Split complementary#8FBF20, #20BF50
Tetradic#BF5020, #3FBF20, #208FBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8B8F3
Lighter +30%#D98CEC
Lighter +20%#CB61E4
Lighter +10%#BC35DD
Darker −10%#7B1993
Darker −20%#571168
Darker −30%#320A3C
Darker −40%#0E0310
More saturated +25%#B104DB
Less saturated −25%#8F3CA3

Channel breakdown

R160
G32
B191
Red160 (62.7%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue288.3°
Saturation (HSL)71.3%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 20 · B BF

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