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Recognised as Colour

#A05AFE

  • #A05AFE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A05AFE is a violet with RGB values 160, 90, 254 and HSL 266°, 99%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A05AFE#A05AFE
HEX#A05AFE
RGBrgb(160, 90, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6275, 0.3529, 0.9961
RGB percentages62.7%, 35.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(265.6, 98.8%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.6, 64.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK37%, 64.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,509,054
CSS custom property--colour: #A05AFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.39:1
Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.39:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#5FA501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0081FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0080FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8B7FA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.6Dark orchid · ΔE 16.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.2Dark violet · ΔE 21.5Medium orchid · ΔE 23.8Slate blue · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8FE5A
Analogous#5A66FE, #F25AFE
Triadic#FEA05A, #5AFEA0
Split complementary#FEF25A, #66FE5A
Tetradic#FE5A66, #B8FE5A, #5AFEF2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F2FF
Lighter +20%#DABFFF
Lighter +10%#BD8DFE
Darker −10%#8327FE
Darker −20%#6801F1
Darker −30%#5201BE
Darker −40%#3C018B
More saturated +25%#A059FF
Less saturated −25%#A36FE9

Channel breakdown

R160
G90
B254
Red160 (62.7%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue265.61°
Saturation (HSL)98.8%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A0 · G 5A · B FE

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