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Recognised as Colour

#A20AFA

  • #A20AFA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A20AFA is a violet with RGB values 162, 10, 250 and HSL 278°, 96%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A20AFA#A20AFA
HEX#A20AFA
RGBrgb(162, 10, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.0392, 0.9804
RGB percentages63.5%, 3.9%, 98%
HSLhsl(278, 96%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278, 96%, 98%)
CMYK35.2%, 96%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,619,642
CSS custom property--colour: #A20AFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.3:1
Contrast with white5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#5DF505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original
Tritanopia#915F94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16Blue violet · ΔE 16.9Medium blue · ΔE 27.9Blue · ΔE 28.5Dark orchid · ΔE 29.9Fuchsia · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62FA0A
Analogous#2A0AFA, #FA0ADA
Triadic#FAA20A, #0AFAA2
Split complementary#DAFA0A, #0AFA2A
Tetradic#FA2A0A, #62FA0A, #0ADAFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EED2FE
Lighter +30%#DBA0FD
Lighter +20%#C86EFC
Lighter +10%#B53CFB
Darker −10%#8304CD
Darker −20%#63039B
Darker −30%#430269
Darker −40%#230137
More saturated +25%#A305FF
Less saturated −25%#9A29DB

Channel breakdown

R162
G10
B250
Red162 (63.5%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue278°
Saturation (HSL)96%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 0A · B FA

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