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Recognised as Colour

#A100DB

  • #A100DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A100DB is a violet with RGB values 161, 0, 219 and HSL 284°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A100DB#A100DB
HEX#A100DB
RGBrgb(161, 0, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0, 0.8588
RGB percentages63.1%, 0%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(284.1, 100%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.1, 100%, 85.9%)
CMYK26.5%, 100%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,551,515
CSS custom property--colour: #A100DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.94:1
Contrast with white5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#5EFF24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60 from the original
Tritanopia#994E80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 4.1Blue violet · ΔE 10.4Dark orchid · ΔE 17.6Fuchsia · ΔE 27.8Magenta · ΔE 27.8Medium blue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 4.07, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3ADB00
Analogous#3400DB, #DB00A7
Triadic#DBA100, #00DBA1
Split complementary#A8DB00, #00DB34
Tetradic#DB3300, #3ADB00, #00A7DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8A8FF
Lighter +30%#DA75FF
Lighter +20%#CD42FF
Lighter +10%#BF0FFF
Darker −10%#7C00A8
Darker −20%#560075
Darker −30%#310042
Darker −40%#0B000F
More saturated +25%#A100DB
Less saturated −25%#941BC0

Channel breakdown

R161
G0
B219
Red161 (63.1%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue284.11°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 00 · B DB

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