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Recognised as Colour

#A232FC

  • #A232FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A232FC is a violet with RGB values 162, 50, 252 and HSL 273°, 97%, 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

#A232FC#A232FC
HEX#A232FC
RGBrgb(162, 50, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.1961, 0.9882
RGB percentages63.5%, 19.6%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(273.3, 97.1%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 80.2%, 98.8%)
CMYK35.7%, 80.2%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,629,884
CSS custom property--colour: #A232FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16991WCAG 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 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#5DCD03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Tritanopia#906A99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.2Dark violet · ΔE 12.5Dark orchid · ΔE 23Medium blue · ΔE 27.9Fuchsia · ΔE 30.9Magenta · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CFC32
Analogous#3D32FC, #FC32F1
Triadic#FCA232, #32FCA2
Split complementary#F1FC32, #32FC3D
Tetradic#FC3D32, #8CFC32, #32F1FC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBFF
Lighter +30%#E6C9FE
Lighter +20%#D097FD
Lighter +10%#B964FD
Darker −10%#8B04F7
Darker −20%#6F03C5
Darker −30%#520293
Darker −40%#360161
More saturated +25%#A22FFF
Less saturated −25%#9F4CE2

Channel breakdown

R162
G50
B252
Red162 (63.5%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue273.27°
Saturation (HSL)97.12%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 32 · B FC

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