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Recognised as Colour

#A106FF

  • #A106FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A106FF is a violet with RGB values 161, 6, 255 and HSL 277°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A106FF#A106FF
HEX#A106FF
RGBrgb(161, 6, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.0235, 1
RGB percentages63.1%, 2.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(277.3, 100%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.3, 97.6%, 100%)
CMYK36.9%, 97.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,553,087
CSS custom property--colour: #A106FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1
Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#5EF900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8E6296no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 18.7Blue violet · ΔE 19.3Blue · ΔE 26.7Medium blue · ΔE 28.2Fuchsia · ΔE 31.5Magenta · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 18.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64FF06
Analogous#2406FF, #FF06E1
Triadic#FFA106, #06FFA1
Split complementary#E1FF06, #06FF24
Tetradic#FF2406, #64FF06, #06E1FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EED2FF
Lighter +30%#DB9FFF
Lighter +20%#C86CFF
Lighter +10%#B439FF
Darker −10%#8300D2
Darker −20%#63009F
Darker −30%#43006C
Darker −40%#230039
More saturated +25%#A106FF
Less saturated −25%#9925E0

Channel breakdown

R161
G6
B255
Red161 (63.1%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue277.35°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 06 · B FF

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