Recognised as Colour

#A200CA

#A200CA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#A200CA is a violet with RGB values 162, 0, 202 and HSL 288°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A200CA#A200CA

HEX#A200CA

RGBrgb(162, 0, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0, 0.7922

RGB percentages63.5%, 0%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(288.1, 100%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.1, 100%, 79.2%)

CMYK19.8%, 100%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,617,034

CSS custom property--colour: #A200CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11946WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.2:1

Contrast with white6.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#5DFF35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0059CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original

Deuteranopia#0065C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9F4576no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8 Dark orchid · ΔE 11.8 Blue violet · ΔE 14 Medium orchid · ΔE 26.2 Dark magenta · ΔE 28.9 Fuchsia · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28CA00

Analogous#3D00CA, #CA008D

Triadic#CAA200, #00CAA2

Split complementary#8DCA00, #00CA3D

Tetradic#CA3D00, #28CA00, #008DCA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EA97FF

Lighter +30%#E064FF

Lighter +20%#D631FF

Lighter +10%#CB00FD

Darker −10%#790097

Darker −20%#500064

Darker −30%#270031

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A200CA

Less saturated −25%#9319B1

Channel breakdown

R162

B202

Red162 (63.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue288.12°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G 00 · B CA

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