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Recognised as Colour

#A228FD

  • #A228FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A228FD is a violet with RGB values 162, 40, 253 and HSL 274°, 98%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A228FD#A228FD
HEX#A228FD
RGBrgb(162, 40, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.1569, 0.9922
RGB percentages63.5%, 15.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(274.4, 98.2%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.4, 84.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK36%, 84.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,627,325
CSS custom property--colour: #A228FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.93:1
Contrast with white4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#5DD702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0070F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8F6798no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13Dark violet · ΔE 13.9Dark orchid · ΔE 26.1Medium blue · ΔE 27.6Blue · ΔE 30.4Fuchsia · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83FD28
Analogous#3828FD, #FD28ED
Triadic#FDA228, #28FDA2
Split complementary#EEFD28, #28FD37
Tetradic#FD3728, #83FD28, #28EDFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F2FF
Lighter +30%#E4C0FE
Lighter +20%#CE8DFE
Lighter +10%#B85BFD
Darker −10%#8A02F0
Darker −20%#6D02BD
Darker −30%#50018B
Darker −40%#330158
More saturated +25%#A226FF
Less saturated −25%#9E43E2

Channel breakdown

R162
G40
B253
Red162 (63.5%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue274.37°
Saturation (HSL)98.16%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 28 · B FD

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