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Recognised as Colour

#A230FE

  • #A230FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A230FE is a violet with RGB values 162, 48, 254 and HSL 273°, 99%, 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

#A230FE#A230FE
HEX#A230FE
RGBrgb(162, 48, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.1882, 0.9961
RGB percentages63.5%, 18.8%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(273.2, 99%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 81.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK36.2%, 81.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,629,374
CSS custom property--colour: #A230FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16951WCAG 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 4.78:1
Contrast with white4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#5DCF01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8F6A9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.5Dark violet · ΔE 13.4Dark orchid · ΔE 24.5Medium blue · ΔE 27.7Fuchsia · ΔE 31Magenta · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CFE30
Analogous#3B30FE, #FE30F3
Triadic#FEA230, #30FEA2
Split complementary#F3FE30, #30FE3B
Tetradic#FE3B30, #8CFE30, #30F3FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBFF
Lighter +30%#E6C8FF
Lighter +20%#D096FE
Lighter +10%#B963FE
Darker −10%#8B01FA
Darker −20%#6F01C7
Darker −30%#520194
Darker −40%#360062
More saturated +25%#A22FFF
Less saturated −25%#9F4AE4

Channel breakdown

R162
G48
B254
Red162 (63.5%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue273.2°
Saturation (HSL)99.04%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 30 · B FE

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