Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#A124E4

  • #A124E4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A124E4 is a violet with RGB values 161, 36, 228 and HSL 279°, 78%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A124E4#A124E4
HEX#A124E4
RGBrgb(161, 36, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.1412, 0.8941
RGB percentages63.1%, 14.1%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(279.1, 78%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.1, 84.2%, 89.4%)
CMYK29.4%, 84.2%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,560,740
CSS custom property--colour: #A124E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.4:1
Contrast with white5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#5EDB1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original
Tritanopia#975A89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.4Blue violet · ΔE 7.1Dark orchid · ΔE 15.4Fuchsia · ΔE 29.4Magenta · ΔE 29.4Medium blue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67E424
Analogous#4124E4, #E424C7
Triadic#E4A124, #24E4A1
Split complementary#C7E424, #24E441
Tetradic#E44124, #67E424, #24C7E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFDAFA
Lighter +30%#DBACF5
Lighter +20%#C87FEF
Lighter +10%#B451EA
Darker −10%#8417BE
Darker −20%#641290
Darker −30%#450C63
Darker −40%#250735
More saturated +25%#A909FF
Less saturated −25%#9843C5

Channel breakdown

R161
G36
B228
Red161 (63.1%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue279.06°
Saturation (HSL)78.05%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 24 · B E4

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “a124e4” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.