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Recognised as Colour

#A146FF

  • #A146FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A146FF is a violet with RGB values 161, 70, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 64%. 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

#A146FF#A146FF
HEX#A146FF
RGBrgb(161, 70, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.2745, 1
RGB percentages63.1%, 27.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(269.5, 100%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.5, 72.5%, 100%)
CMYK36.9%, 72.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,569,471
CSS custom property--colour: #A146FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19177WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.84:1
Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#5EB900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0078FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8C759Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.9Dark violet · ΔE 14.5Dark orchid · ΔE 18.8Medium blue · ΔE 29.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.9Medium orchid · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4FF46
Analogous#4647FF, #FE46FF
Triadic#FFA146, #46FFA1
Split complementary#FFFD46, #48FF46
Tetradic#FF4647, #A4FF46, #46FFFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFDFFF
Lighter +20%#D5ACFF
Lighter +10%#BB79FF
Darker −10%#8713FF
Darker −20%#6E00DF
Darker −30%#5500AC
Darker −40%#3C0079
More saturated +25%#A146FF
Less saturated −25%#A15DE8

Channel breakdown

R161
G70
B255
Red161 (63.1%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue269.51°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A1 · G 46 · B FF

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