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Recognised as Colour

#A220D2

  • #A220D2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A220D2 is a violet with RGB values 162, 32, 210 and HSL 284°, 74%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A220D2#A220D2
HEX#A220D2
RGBrgb(162, 32, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.1255, 0.8235
RGB percentages63.5%, 12.5%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(283.8, 73.6%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.8, 84.8%, 82.4%)
CMYK22.9%, 84.8%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,625,234
CSS custom property--colour: #A220D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.72:1
Contrast with white5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#5DDF2D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9D507Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.3Dark orchid · ΔE 8.8Blue violet · ΔE 11.7Medium orchid · ΔE 23.9Dark magenta · ΔE 29.1Fuchsia · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#50D220
Analogous#4920D2, #D220A9
Triadic#D2A220, #20D2A2
Split complementary#A9D220, #20D249
Tetradic#D24920, #50D220, #20A9D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAC7F7
Lighter +30%#D99BF0
Lighter +20%#C86FE9
Lighter +10%#B743E2
Darker −10%#8019A6
Darker −20%#5E1379
Darker −30%#3C0C4D
Darker −40%#190521
More saturated +25%#B002F0
Less saturated −25%#943EB4

Channel breakdown

R162
G32
B210
Red162 (63.5%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue283.82°
Saturation (HSL)73.55%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 20 · B D2

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