Recognised as Colour

#A12DFD

#A12DFD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#A12DFD is a violet with RGB values 161, 45, 253 and HSL 273°, 98%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A12DFD#A12DFD

HEX#A12DFD

RGBrgb(161, 45, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.1765, 0.9922

RGB percentages63.1%, 17.6%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(273.5, 98.1%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.5, 82.2%, 99.2%)

CMYK36.4%, 82.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,563,069

CSS custom property--colour: #A12DFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#5ED202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0071F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8E6999no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.7 Dark violet · ΔE 13.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.9 Medium blue · ΔE 27.4 Fuchsia · ΔE 31 Magenta · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#89FD2D

Analogous#392DFD, #FD2DF1

Triadic#FDA12D, #2DFDA1

Split complementary#F1FD2D, #2DFD39

Tetradic#FD392D, #89FD2D, #2DF1FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FBF7FF

Lighter +30%#E5C5FE

Lighter +20%#CE92FE

Lighter +10%#B860FD

Darker −10%#8902F5

Darker −20%#6D02C2

Darker −30%#510190

Darker −40%#34015D

More saturated +25%#A12BFF

Less saturated −25%#9E48E3

Channel breakdown

R161

G45

B253

Red161 (63.1%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue273.46°

Saturation (HSL)98.11%

Lightness58.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A1 · G 2D · B FD

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