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Recognised as Colour

#A212F4

  • #A212F4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A212F4 is a violet with RGB values 162, 18, 244 and HSL 278°, 91%, 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

#A212F4#A212F4
HEX#A212F4
RGBrgb(162, 18, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.0706, 0.9569
RGB percentages63.5%, 7.1%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(278.2, 91.1%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.2, 92.6%, 95.7%)
CMYK33.6%, 92.6%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,621,684
CSS custom property--colour: #A212F4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.34:1
Contrast with white5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#5DED0B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Tritanopia#935E90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 12.6Blue violet · ΔE 13.8Dark orchid · ΔE 26.3Medium blue · ΔE 27.7Fuchsia · ΔE 29.2Magenta · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64F412
Analogous#3112F4, #F412D5
Triadic#F4A212, #12F4A2
Split complementary#D5F412, #12F431
Tetradic#F43112, #64F412, #12D5F4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFD5FD
Lighter +30%#DBA4FB
Lighter +20%#C873F9
Lighter +10%#B543F6
Darker −10%#8409CA
Darker −20%#640799
Darker −30%#440568
Darker −40%#240337
More saturated +25%#A507FF
Less saturated −25%#9931D5

Channel breakdown

R162
G18
B244
Red162 (63.5%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue278.23°
Saturation (HSL)91.13%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 12 · B F4

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