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Recognised as Colour

#A239F8

  • #A239F8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A239F8 is a violet with RGB values 162, 57, 248 and HSL 273°, 93%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A239F8#A239F8
HEX#A239F8
RGBrgb(162, 57, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.2235, 0.9725
RGB percentages63.5%, 22.4%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(273, 93.2%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273, 77%, 97.3%)
CMYK34.7%, 77%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,631,672
CSS custom property--colour: #A239F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#5DC607

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Deuteranopia#0074F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original
Tritanopia#916B98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.6Dark violet · ΔE 11.3Dark orchid · ΔE 19Medium blue · ΔE 28.9Fuchsia · ΔE 31.5Magenta · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FF839
Analogous#4339F8, #F839EE
Triadic#F8A239, #39F8A2
Split complementary#EEF839, #39F843
Tetradic#F84339, #8FF839, #39EEF8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEFF
Lighter +30%#E7CDFD
Lighter +20%#D09CFB
Lighter +10%#B96AFA
Darker −10%#8B09F5
Darker −20%#6F07C4
Darker −30%#530593
Darker −40%#370362
More saturated +25%#A332FF
Less saturated −25%#9F53DE

Channel breakdown

R162
G57
B248
Red162 (63.5%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue272.98°
Saturation (HSL)93.17%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 39 · B F8

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