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Colour

#A022FF

  • #A022FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A022FF is a violet with RGB values 160, 34, 255 and HSL 274°, 100%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A022FF#A022FF
HEX#A022FF
RGBrgb(160, 34, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.1333, 1
RGB percentages62.7%, 13.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(274.2, 100%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.2, 86.7%, 100%)
CMYK37.3%, 86.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,494,719
CSS custom property--colour: #A022FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#5FDD00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8C6799no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.1Dark violet · ΔE 15.8Medium blue · ΔE 27.2Blue · ΔE 28.4Dark orchid · ΔE 28.6Fuchsia · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81FF22
Analogous#3222FF, #FF22EF
Triadic#FFA022, #22FFA0
Split complementary#F0FF22, #22FF31
Tetradic#FF3122, #81FF22, #22EFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8EEFF
Lighter +30%#E2BBFF
Lighter +20%#CC88FF
Lighter +10%#B655FF
Darker −10%#8800EE
Darker −20%#6B00BB
Darker −30%#4E0088
Darker −40%#300055
More saturated +25%#A022FF
Less saturated −25%#9C3EE3

Channel breakdown

R160
G34
B255
Red160 (62.7%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue274.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 22 · B FF

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