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Recognised as Colour

#A200F0

  • #A200F0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A200F0 is a violet with RGB values 162, 0, 240 and HSL 281°, 100%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A200F0#A200F0
HEX#A200F0
RGBrgb(162, 0, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0, 0.9412
RGB percentages63.5%, 0%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(280.5, 100%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.5, 100%, 94.1%)
CMYK32.5%, 100%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,617,072
CSS custom property--colour: #A200F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.53:1
Contrast with white5.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#5DFF0F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.8 from the original
Tritanopia#94598Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 12.2Blue violet · ΔE 14.4Dark orchid · ΔE 26.4Medium blue · ΔE 27.9Fuchsia · ΔE 28.7Magenta · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4EF000
Analogous#2A00F0, #F000C6
Triadic#F0A200, #00F0A2
Split complementary#C6F000, #00F02A
Tetradic#F02A00, #4EF000, #00C6F0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EABDFF
Lighter +30%#D98AFF
Lighter +20%#C857FF
Lighter +10%#B824FF
Darker −10%#8000BD
Darker −20%#5D008A
Darker −30%#3B0057
Darker −40%#180024
More saturated +25%#A200F0
Less saturated −25%#971ED2

Channel breakdown

R162
G0
B240
Red162 (63.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue280.5°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 00 · B F0

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