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Recognised as Colour

#A135EF

  • #A135EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A135EF is a violet with RGB values 161, 53, 239 and HSL 275°, 85%, 57%. 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

#A135EF#A135EF
HEX#A135EF
RGBrgb(161, 53, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.2078, 0.9373
RGB percentages63.1%, 20.8%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(274.8, 85.3%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.8, 77.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK32.6%, 77.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,565,103
CSS custom property--colour: #A135EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16355WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#5ECA10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EF4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Tritanopia#936692no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.1Dark violet · ΔE 9.2Dark orchid · ΔE 15.9Medium blue · ΔE 29.4Medium orchid · ΔE 30.1Fuchsia · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83EF35
Analogous#4435EF, #EF35E0
Triadic#EFA135, #35EFA1
Split complementary#E0EF35, #35EF44
Tetradic#EF4435, #83EF35, #35E0EF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F2FE
Lighter +30%#E3C3FA
Lighter +20%#CD94F6
Lighter +10%#B764F3
Darker −10%#8912DF
Darker −20%#6C0EB0
Darker −30%#4F0A81
Darker −40%#320652
More saturated +25%#A425FF
Less saturated −25%#9D50D4

Channel breakdown

R161
G53
B239
Red161 (63.1%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue274.84°
Saturation (HSL)85.32%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 35 · B EF

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