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Colour

#A144FF

  • #A144FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A144FF is a violet with RGB values 161, 68, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A144FF#A144FF
HEX#A144FF
RGBrgb(161, 68, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.2667, 1
RGB percentages63.1%, 26.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(269.8, 100%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.8, 73.3%, 100%)
CMYK36.9%, 73.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,568,959
CSS custom property--colour: #A144FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.79:1
Contrast with white4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#5EBB00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0077FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Tritanopia#8C749Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.8Dark violet · ΔE 14.2Dark orchid · ΔE 19.4Medium blue · ΔE 29.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.9Medium orchid · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2FF44
Analogous#4445FF, #FE44FF
Triadic#FFA144, #44FFA1
Split complementary#FFFE44, #45FF44
Tetradic#FF4445, #A2FF44, #44FFFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEDDFF
Lighter +20%#D4AAFF
Lighter +10%#BB77FF
Darker −10%#8711FF
Darker −20%#6E00DD
Darker −30%#5500AA
Darker −40%#3B0077
More saturated +25%#A144FF
Less saturated −25%#A15BE8

Channel breakdown

R161
G68
B255
Red161 (63.1%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue269.84°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 44 · B FF

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