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Recognised as Colour

#A22FFF

  • #A22FFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A22FFF is a violet with RGB values 162, 47, 255 and HSL 273°, 100%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A22FFF#A22FFF
HEX#A22FFF
RGBrgb(162, 47, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.1843, 1
RGB percentages63.5%, 18.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(273.2, 100%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 81.6%, 100%)
CMYK36.5%, 81.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,629,119
CSS custom property--colour: #A22FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.79:1
Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#5DD000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8F6B9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.1Dark violet · ΔE 13.9Dark orchid · ΔE 25.2Medium blue · ΔE 27.7Fuchsia · ΔE 31Magenta · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CFF2F
Analogous#3A2FFF, #FF2FF4
Triadic#FFA22F, #2FFFA2
Split complementary#F4FF2F, #2FFF3A
Tetradic#FF3A2F, #8CFF2F, #2FF4FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBFF
Lighter +30%#E6C8FF
Lighter +20%#D095FF
Lighter +10%#B962FF
Darker −10%#8B00FB
Darker −20%#6F00C8
Darker −30%#520095
Darker −40%#360062
More saturated +25%#A22FFF
Less saturated −25%#9F49E5

Channel breakdown

R162
G47
B255
Red162 (63.5%)
Green47 (18.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue273.17°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 2F · B FF

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