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Recognised as Colour

#A138FB

  • #A138FB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A138FB is a violet with RGB values 161, 56, 251 and HSL 272°, 96%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A138FB#A138FB
HEX#A138FB
RGBrgb(161, 56, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.2196, 0.9843
RGB percentages63.1%, 22%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(272.3, 96.1%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.3, 77.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK35.9%, 77.7%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,565,883
CSS custom property--colour: #A138FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#5EC704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8E6C9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.6Dark violet · ΔE 12.1Dark orchid · ΔE 20.8Medium blue · ΔE 28.2Fuchsia · ΔE 31.7Magenta · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#92FB38
Analogous#4038FB, #FB38F3
Triadic#FBA138, #38FBA1
Split complementary#F3FB38, #38FB40
Tetradic#FB4038, #92FB38, #38F3FB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8CEFE
Lighter +20%#D09CFD
Lighter +10%#B96AFC
Darker −10%#8906FA
Darker −20%#6E04C9
Darker −30%#530397
Darker −40%#370265
More saturated +25%#A134FF
Less saturated −25%#9F51E2

Channel breakdown

R161
G56
B251
Red161 (63.1%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue272.31°
Saturation (HSL)96.06%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 38 · B FB

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