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Recognised as Colour

#A032EC

  • #A032EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A032EC is a violet with RGB values 160, 50, 236 and HSL 275°, 83%, 56%. 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

#A032EC#A032EC
HEX#A032EC
RGBrgb(160, 50, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.1961, 0.9255
RGB percentages62.7%, 19.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(275.5, 83%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.5, 78.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK32.2%, 78.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,498,796
CSS custom property--colour: #A032EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1
Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#5FCD13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Tritanopia#926390no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.8Dark violet · ΔE 8.3Dark orchid · ΔE 15.4Medium blue · ΔE 29.2Medium orchid · ΔE 29.9Fuchsia · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EEC32
Analogous#4332EC, #EC32DB
Triadic#ECA032, #32ECA0
Split complementary#DBEC32, #32EC43
Tetradic#EC4332, #7EEC32, #32DBEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7EDFD
Lighter +30%#E1BEF9
Lighter +20%#CB8FF5
Lighter +10%#B661F0
Darker −10%#8714D7
Darker −20%#6A10A8
Darker −30%#4D0B7A
Darker −40%#2F074B
More saturated +25%#A31FFF
Less saturated −25%#9B4ED0

Channel breakdown

R160
G50
B236
Red160 (62.7%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue275.48°
Saturation (HSL)83.04%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 32 · B EC

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