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Colour

#A03CE9

  • #A03CE9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A03CE9 is a violet with RGB values 160, 60, 233 and HSL 275°, 80%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A03CE9#A03CE9
HEX#A03CE9
RGBrgb(160, 60, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.2353, 0.9137
RGB percentages62.7%, 23.5%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(274.7, 79.7%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.7, 74.2%, 91.4%)
CMYK31.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,501,353
CSS custom property--colour: #A03CE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#5FC316

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Tritanopia#936790no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.7Dark orchid · ΔE 11Dark violet · ΔE 11.1Medium orchid · ΔE 24.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.4Medium blue · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85E93C
Analogous#493CE9, #E93CDC
Triadic#E9A03C, #3CE9A0
Split complementary#DCE93C, #3CE949
Tetradic#E9493C, #85E93C, #3CDCE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F3FE
Lighter +30%#E3C5F9
Lighter +20%#CD98F3
Lighter +10%#B66AEE
Darker −10%#8819D9
Darker −20%#6B13AC
Darker −30%#4F0E7E
Darker −40%#320950
More saturated +25%#A326FF
Less saturated −25%#9C57CE

Channel breakdown

R160
G60
B233
Red160 (62.7%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue274.68°
Saturation (HSL)79.72%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 3C · B E9

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