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Recognised as Colour

#A247F9

  • #A247F9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A247F9 is a violet with RGB values 162, 71, 249 and HSL 271°, 94%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A247F9#A247F9
HEX#A247F9
RGBrgb(162, 71, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.2784, 0.9765
RGB percentages63.5%, 27.8%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(270.7, 93.7%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.7, 71.5%, 97.6%)
CMYK34.9%, 71.5%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,635,257
CSS custom property--colour: #A247F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1
Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#5DB806

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0078F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Tritanopia#90739Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.8Dark violet · ΔE 14.2Dark orchid · ΔE 15.7Medium orchid · ΔE 28Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.4Medium blue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EF947
Analogous#4947F9, #F947F7
Triadic#F9A247, #47F9A2
Split complementary#F7F947, #47F949
Tetradic#F94947, #9EF947, #47F7F9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDDBFE
Lighter +20%#D4AAFC
Lighter +10%#BB78FB
Darker −10%#8916F7
Darker −20%#6F07D3
Darker −30%#5505A2
Darker −40%#3B0470
More saturated +25%#A241FF
Less saturated −25%#A15FE1

Channel breakdown

R162
G71
B249
Red162 (63.5%)
Green71 (27.8%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue270.67°
Saturation (HSL)93.68%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 47 · B F9

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