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Recognised as Colour

#A22DF5

  • #A22DF5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A22DF5 is a violet with RGB values 162, 45, 245 and HSL 275°, 91%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A22DF5#A22DF5
HEX#A22DF5
RGBrgb(162, 45, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.1765, 0.9608
RGB percentages63.5%, 17.6%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(275.1, 90.9%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.1, 81.6%, 96.1%)
CMYK33.9%, 81.6%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,628,597
CSS custom property--colour: #A22DF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16151WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#5DD20A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0070F1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original
Tritanopia#926594no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.8Dark violet · ΔE 10.2Dark orchid · ΔE 21Medium blue · ΔE 28.1Fuchsia · ΔE 30.1Magenta · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80F52D
Analogous#3E2DF5, #F52DE4
Triadic#F5A22D, #2DF5A2
Split complementary#E4F52D, #2DF53E
Tetradic#F53E2D, #80F52D, #2DE4F5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F0FE
Lighter +30%#E3BFFC
Lighter +20%#CD8EFA
Lighter +10%#B85EF7
Darker −10%#8A0BE4
Darker −20%#6D09B3
Darker −30%#4F0683
Darker −40%#320452
More saturated +25%#A423FF
Less saturated −25%#9D49DA

Channel breakdown

R162
G45
B245
Red162 (63.5%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue275.1°
Saturation (HSL)90.91%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 2D · B F5

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