Recognised as Colour

#A201EF

#A201EF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#A201EF is a violet with RGB values 162, 1, 239 and HSL 281°, 99%, 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

#A201EF#A201EF

HEX#A201EF

RGBrgb(162, 1, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.0039, 0.9373

RGB percentages63.5%, 0.4%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(280.6, 99.2%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 99.6%, 93.7%)

CMYK32.2%, 99.6%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,617,327

CSS custom property--colour: #A201EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.55:1

Contrast with white5.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#5DFE10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0064F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0069EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.9 from the original

Tritanopia#95598Cno 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 text5.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.7 Blue violet · ΔE 13.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 25.9 Medium blue · ΔE 27.9 Fuchsia · ΔE 28.6 Magenta · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4EEF01

Analogous#2B01EF, #EF01C5

Triadic#EFA201, #01EFA2

Split complementary#C5EF01, #01EF2B

Tetradic#EF2B01, #4EEF01, #01C5EF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EABDFF

Lighter +30%#D98AFF

Lighter +20%#C858FE

Lighter +10%#B825FE

Darker −10%#8001BC

Darker −20%#5D0189

Darker −30%#3B0057

Darker −40%#180024

More saturated +25%#A200F0

Less saturated −25%#971FD1

Channel breakdown

R162

B239

Red162 (63.5%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue280.59°

Saturation (HSL)99.17%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G 01 · B EF

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