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Recognised as Colour

#A129EB

  • #A129EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A129EB is a violet with RGB values 161, 41, 235 and HSL 277°, 83%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A129EB#A129EB
HEX#A129EB
RGBrgb(161, 41, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.1608, 0.9216
RGB percentages63.1%, 16.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(277.1, 82.9%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.1, 82.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK31.5%, 82.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,562,027
CSS custom property--colour: #A129EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.21:1
Contrast with white5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#5ED614

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original
Tritanopia#945F8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.9Dark violet · ΔE 7.2Dark orchid · ΔE 17.4Medium blue · ΔE 28.7Fuchsia · ΔE 29.8Magenta · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73EB29
Analogous#4029EB, #EB29D4
Triadic#EBA129, #29EBA1
Split complementary#D4EB29, #29EB40
Tetradic#EB4029, #73EB29, #29D4EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3E4FC
Lighter +30%#DEB5F8
Lighter +20%#CA86F4
Lighter +10%#B558EF
Darker −10%#8713CE
Darker −20%#680F9F
Darker −30%#4A0B70
Darker −40%#2B0642
More saturated +25%#A615FF
Less saturated −25%#9A46CE

Channel breakdown

R161
G41
B235
Red161 (63.1%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue277.11°
Saturation (HSL)82.91%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 29 · B EB

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