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Recognised as Colour

#A024EF

  • #A024EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A024EF is a violet with RGB values 160, 36, 239 and HSL 277°, 86%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A024EF#A024EF
HEX#A024EF
RGBrgb(160, 36, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.1412, 0.9373
RGB percentages62.7%, 14.1%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(276.7, 86.4%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.7, 84.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK33.1%, 84.9%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,495,215
CSS custom property--colour: #A024EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.26:1
Contrast with white5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#5FDB10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Tritanopia#92608Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.6Dark violet · ΔE 8.6Dark orchid · ΔE 20.7Medium blue · ΔE 27.6Fuchsia · ΔE 29.8Magenta · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73EF24
Analogous#3A24EF, #EF24D9
Triadic#EFA024, #24EFA0
Split complementary#D9EF24, #24EF3A
Tetradic#EF3A24, #73EF24, #24D9EF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2E2FD
Lighter +30%#DEB3F9
Lighter +20%#C983F6
Lighter +10%#B554F2
Darker −10%#850FD1
Darker −20%#670CA1
Darker −30%#490872
Darker −40%#2A0542
More saturated +25%#A414FF
Less saturated −25%#9941D2

Channel breakdown

R160
G36
B239
Red160 (62.7%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue276.65°
Saturation (HSL)86.38%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 24 · B EF

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