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Recognised as Colour

#A214FD

  • #A214FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A214FD is a violet with RGB values 162, 20, 253 and HSL 277°, 98%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A214FD#A214FD
HEX#A214FD
RGBrgb(162, 20, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.0784, 0.9922
RGB percentages63.5%, 7.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(276.6, 98.3%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.6, 92.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK36%, 92.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,622,205
CSS custom property--colour: #A214FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.18:1
Contrast with white5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#5DEB02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original
Tritanopia#906296no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16.5Blue violet · ΔE 16.9Medium blue · ΔE 27.9Blue · ΔE 28.2Dark orchid · ΔE 30.1Fuchsia · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FFD14
Analogous#2E14FD, #FD14E3
Triadic#FDA214, #14FDA2
Split complementary#E3FD14, #14FD2E
Tetradic#FD2E14, #6FFD14, #14E3FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2DEFF
Lighter +30%#DEACFE
Lighter +20%#CA79FE
Lighter +10%#B647FD
Darker −10%#8702DC
Darker −20%#6801AA
Darker −30%#490177
Darker −40%#2A0144
More saturated +25%#A212FF
Less saturated −25%#9C32DF

Channel breakdown

R162
G20
B253
Red162 (63.5%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue276.57°
Saturation (HSL)98.31%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 14 · B FD

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