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Recognised as Colour

#A030DE

  • #A030DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A030DE is a violet with RGB values 160, 48, 222 and HSL 279°, 73%, 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 Blue violet.

Colour values

#A030DE#A030DE
HEX#A030DE
RGBrgb(160, 48, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.1882, 0.8706
RGB percentages62.7%, 18.8%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(278.6, 72.5%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.6, 78.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK27.9%, 78.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,498,270
CSS custom property--colour: #A030DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.29:1
Contrast with white5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#5FCF21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original
Tritanopia#975C87no 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 text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.4Dark violet · ΔE 8.8Dark orchid · ΔE 9.1Medium orchid · ΔE 24.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.5Fuchsia · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EDE30
Analogous#4930DE, #DE30C5
Triadic#DEA030, #30DEA0
Split complementary#C5DE30, #30DE49
Tetradic#DE4930, #6EDE30, #30C5DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E0FA
Lighter +30%#DDB4F3
Lighter +20%#C888EC
Lighter +10%#B45CE5
Darker −10%#841EBD
Darker −20%#661791
Darker −30%#471065
Darker −40%#280939
More saturated +25%#A912FC
Less saturated −25%#974EC0

Channel breakdown

R160
G48
B222
Red160 (62.7%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue278.62°
Saturation (HSL)72.5%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 30 · B DE

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