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Recognised as Colour

#A232FA

  • #A232FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A232FA is a violet with RGB values 162, 50, 250 and HSL 274°, 95%, 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

#A232FA#A232FA
HEX#A232FA
RGBrgb(162, 50, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.1961, 0.9804
RGB percentages63.5%, 19.6%, 98%
HSLhsl(273.6, 95.2%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.6, 80%, 98%)
CMYK35.2%, 80%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,629,882
CSS custom property--colour: #A232FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#5DCD05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Tritanopia#906998no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.5Dark violet · ΔE 11.8Dark orchid · ΔE 22Medium blue · ΔE 28Fuchsia · ΔE 30.8Magenta · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AFA32
Analogous#3E32FA, #FA32EE
Triadic#FAA232, #32FAA2
Split complementary#EEFA32, #32FA3E
Tetradic#FA3E32, #8AFA32, #32EEFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF9FF
Lighter +30%#E6C7FE
Lighter +20%#CF96FC
Lighter +10%#B964FB
Darker −10%#8B06F3
Darker −20%#6E05C1
Darker −30%#520490
Darker −40%#35025E
More saturated +25%#A32DFF
Less saturated −25%#9F4CE0

Channel breakdown

R162
G50
B250
Red162 (63.5%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue273.6°
Saturation (HSL)95.24%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 32 · B FA

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