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Recognised as Colour

#A050FD

  • #A050FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A050FD is a violet with RGB values 160, 80, 253 and HSL 268°, 98%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A050FD#A050FD
HEX#A050FD
RGBrgb(160, 80, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.3137, 0.9922
RGB percentages62.7%, 31.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(267.7, 97.7%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.7, 68.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK36.8%, 68.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,506,493
CSS custom property--colour: #A050FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.06:1
Contrast with white4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#5FAF02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#007BF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8B79A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.2Dark orchid · ΔE 16.1Dark violet · ΔE 17.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.1Medium orchid · ΔE 26.8Medium blue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADFD50
Analogous#5056FD, #F750FD
Triadic#FDA050, #50FDA0
Split complementary#FDF650, #57FD50
Tetradic#FD5056, #ADFD50, #50FDF7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2E7FF
Lighter +20%#D7B5FE
Lighter +10%#BB82FE
Darker −10%#851EFC
Darker −20%#6B03E4
Darker −30%#5302B2
Darker −40%#3C0180
More saturated +25%#A04EFF
Less saturated −25%#A266E7

Channel breakdown

R160
G80
B253
Red160 (62.7%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue267.75°
Saturation (HSL)97.74%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 50 · B FD

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