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Recognised as Colour

#A029DB

  • #A029DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A029DB is a violet with RGB values 160, 41, 219 and HSL 280°, 71%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A029DB#A029DB
HEX#A029DB
RGBrgb(160, 41, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.1608, 0.8588
RGB percentages62.7%, 16.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(280.1, 71.2%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.1, 81.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK26.9%, 81.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,496,475
CSS custom property--colour: #A029DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.48:1
Contrast with white5.48:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#5FD624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Tritanopia#985884no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.2Blue violet · ΔE 8.6Dark orchid · ΔE 9.9Medium orchid · ΔE 25.3Fuchsia · ΔE 31Magenta · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64DB29
Analogous#4729DB, #DB29BD
Triadic#DBA029, #29DBA0
Split complementary#BDDB29, #29DB47
Tetradic#DB4729, #64DB29, #29BDDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EED8F8
Lighter +30%#DAACF1
Lighter +20%#C780EA
Lighter +10%#B355E2
Darker −10%#821EB3
Darker −20%#621787
Darker −30%#420F5C
Darker −40%#230830
More saturated +25%#AB0AFA
Less saturated −25%#9548BC

Channel breakdown

R160
G41
B219
Red160 (62.7%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue280.11°
Saturation (HSL)71.2%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 29 · B DB

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