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Recognised as Colour

#A212F8

  • #A212F8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A212F8 is a violet with RGB values 162, 18, 248 and HSL 278°, 94%, 52%. 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

#A212F8#A212F8
HEX#A212F8
RGBrgb(162, 18, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.0706, 0.9725
RGB percentages63.5%, 7.1%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(277.6, 94.3%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.6, 92.7%, 97.3%)
CMYK34.7%, 92.7%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,621,688
CSS custom property--colour: #A212F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.28:1
Contrast with white5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#5DED07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Tritanopia#926093no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 14.4Blue violet · ΔE 15.2Medium blue · ΔE 27.7Dark orchid · ΔE 28.1Blue · ΔE 29.6Fuchsia · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 14.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68F812
Analogous#2F12F8, #F812DB
Triadic#F8A212, #12F8A2
Split complementary#DBF812, #12F82F
Tetradic#F82F12, #68F812, #12DBF8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0D8FE
Lighter +30%#DCA7FC
Lighter +20%#C975FB
Lighter +10%#B544F9
Darker −10%#8506D1
Darker −20%#65059F
Darker −30%#46036E
Darker −40%#26023C
More saturated +25%#A40BFF
Less saturated −25%#9A31DA

Channel breakdown

R162
G18
B248
Red162 (63.5%)
Green18 (7.1%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue277.57°
Saturation (HSL)94.26%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 12 · B F8

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