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Recognised as Colour

#A220E4

  • #A220E4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A220E4 is a violet with RGB values 162, 32, 228 and HSL 280°, 78%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A220E4#A220E4
HEX#A220E4
RGBrgb(162, 32, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.1255, 0.8941
RGB percentages63.5%, 12.5%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(279.8, 78.4%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.8, 86%, 89.4%)
CMYK28.9%, 86%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,625,252
CSS custom property--colour: #A220E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.44:1
Contrast with white5.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#5DDF1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original
Tritanopia#985988no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.44:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.3Blue violet · ΔE 7.9Dark orchid · ΔE 16.4Fuchsia · ΔE 28.8Magenta · ΔE 28.8Medium blue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62E420
Analogous#4020E4, #E420C4
Triadic#E4A220, #20E4A2
Split complementary#C4E420, #20E440
Tetradic#E44020, #62E420, #20C4E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EED6FA
Lighter +30%#DBA8F5
Lighter +20%#C87BEF
Lighter +10%#B54DEA
Darker −10%#8317BA
Darker −20%#63118D
Darker −30%#430C5F
Darker −40%#230632
More saturated +25%#AB05FF
Less saturated −25%#983FC5

Channel breakdown

R162
G32
B228
Red162 (63.5%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue279.8°
Saturation (HSL)78.4%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 20 · B E4

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