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Recognised as Colour

#A028E7

  • #A028E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A028E7 is a violet with RGB values 160, 40, 231 and HSL 278°, 80%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A028E7#A028E7
HEX#A028E7
RGBrgb(160, 40, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.1569, 0.9059
RGB percentages62.7%, 15.7%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(277.7, 79.9%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.7, 82.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK30.7%, 82.7%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,496,231
CSS custom property--colour: #A028E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.31:1
Contrast with white5.31:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#5FD718

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.7 from the original
Tritanopia#945D8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.95:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 6.2Blue violet · ΔE 6.4Dark orchid · ΔE 15.8Medium blue · ΔE 29Fuchsia · ΔE 30Magenta · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 6.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FE728
Analogous#4128E7, #E728CE
Triadic#E7A028, #28E7A0
Split complementary#CEE728, #28E741
Tetradic#E74128, #6FE728, #28CEE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E0FB
Lighter +30%#DDB2F6
Lighter +20%#C984F1
Lighter +10%#B456EC
Darker −10%#8516C6
Darker −20%#661198
Darker −30%#470C6A
Darker −40%#28073C
More saturated +25%#A610FF
Less saturated −25%#9846C9

Channel breakdown

R160
G40
B231
Red160 (62.7%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue277.7°
Saturation (HSL)79.92%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 28 · B E7

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