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Recognised as Colour

#A037EA

  • #A037EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A037EA is a violet with RGB values 160, 55, 234 and HSL 275°, 81%, 57%. 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

#A037EA#A037EA
HEX#A037EA
RGBrgb(160, 55, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.2157, 0.9176
RGB percentages62.7%, 21.6%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(275.2, 81%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 76.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK31.6%, 76.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,500,074
CSS custom property--colour: #A037EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#5FC815

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0070E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original
Tritanopia#936590no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.3Dark violet · ΔE 9.4Dark orchid · ΔE 12.9Medium orchid · ΔE 27.2Medium blue · ΔE 30.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81EA37
Analogous#4637EA, #EA37DB
Triadic#EAA037, #37EAA0
Split complementary#DBEA37, #37EA46
Tetradic#EA4637, #81EA37, #37DBEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F0FD
Lighter +30%#E2C1F9
Lighter +20%#CC93F4
Lighter +10%#B665EF
Darker −10%#8817D7
Darker −20%#6B12A9
Darker −30%#4E0D7B
Darker −40%#30084D
More saturated +25%#A422FF
Less saturated −25%#9B53CE

Channel breakdown

R160
G55
B234
Red160 (62.7%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue275.2°
Saturation (HSL)81%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 37 · B EA

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