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Recognised as Colour

#A041E4

  • #A041E4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A041E4 is a violet with RGB values 160, 65, 228 and HSL 275°, 75%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A041E4#A041E4
HEX#A041E4
RGBrgb(160, 65, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.2549, 0.8941
RGB percentages62.7%, 25.5%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(275, 75.1%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275, 71.5%, 89.4%)
CMYK29.8%, 71.5%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,502,628
CSS custom property--colour: #A041E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#5FBE1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Tritanopia#95678Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.7Blue violet · ΔE 11.2Dark violet · ΔE 14.2Medium orchid · ΔE 20.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 25Slate blue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85E441
Analogous#4F41E4, #E441D6
Triadic#E4A041, #41E4A0
Split complementary#D7E441, #41E44E
Tetradic#E44E41, #85E441, #41D6E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F4FD
Lighter +30%#E3C7F7
Lighter +20%#CD9AF1
Lighter +10%#B66EEA
Darker −10%#881ED4
Darker −20%#6B18A7
Darker −30%#4F117B
Darker −40%#320B4E
More saturated +25%#A426FF
Less saturated −25%#9C5CC9

Channel breakdown

R160
G65
B228
Red160 (62.7%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue274.97°
Saturation (HSL)75.12%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 41 · B E4

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