Colour

#A20CDA

#A20CDA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#A20CDA is a violet with RGB values 162, 12, 218 and HSL 284°, 90%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

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HEX#A20CDA

RGBrgb(162, 12, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.0471, 0.8549

RGB percentages63.5%, 4.7%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(283.7, 89.6%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.7, 94.5%, 85.5%)

CMYK25.7%, 94.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,620,122

CSS custom property--colour: #A20CDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.83:1

Contrast with white5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#5DF325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005FDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0067D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9B4F80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 3.9 Blue violet · ΔE 10 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.8 Fuchsia · ΔE 28 Magenta · ΔE 28 Medium blue · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 3.87, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#44DA0C

Analogous#3B0CDA, #DA0CAB

Triadic#DAA20C, #0CDAA2

Split complementary#ABDA0C, #0CDA3B

Tetradic#DA3B0C, #44DA0C, #0CABDA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9B7FB

Lighter +30%#D987F8

Lighter +20%#CA56F6

Lighter +10%#BB26F3

Darker −10%#7E09AA

Darker −20%#5A0779

Darker −30%#360449

Darker −40%#120119

More saturated +25%#A700E6

Less saturated −25%#9529BD

Channel breakdown

R162

G12

B218

Red162 (63.5%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue283.69°

Saturation (HSL)89.57%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G 0C · B DA

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Channel breakdown

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