Recognised as Colour

#A057FD

#A057FD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#A057FD is a violet with RGB values 160, 87, 253 and HSL 266°, 98%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A057FD#A057FD

HEX#A057FD

RGBrgb(160, 87, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.3412, 0.9922

RGB percentages62.7%, 34.1%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(266.4, 97.6%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.4, 65.6%, 99.2%)

CMYK36.8%, 65.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,508,285

CSS custom property--colour: #A057FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.28:1

Contrast with white3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#5FA802

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#007EF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Tritanopia#8B7DA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.7 Dark violet · ΔE 20.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.4 Medium orchid · ΔE 24.3 Slate blue · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B4FD57

Analogous#5761FD, #F357FD

Triadic#FDA057, #57FDA0

Split complementary#FDF357, #61FD57

Tetradic#FD5761, #B4FD57, #57FDF3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5EEFF

Lighter +20%#D9BCFE

Lighter +10%#BC89FE

Darker −10%#8325FC

Darker −20%#6903EB

Darker −30%#5202B9

Darker −40%#3C0286

More saturated +25%#A055FF

Less saturated −25%#A36CE8

Channel breakdown

R160

G87

B253

Red160 (62.7%)

Green87 (34.1%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue266.39°

Saturation (HSL)97.65%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A0 · G 57 · B FD

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