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Recognised as Colour

#A24AFD

  • #A24AFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A24AFD is a violet with RGB values 162, 74, 253 and HSL 269°, 98%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A24AFD#A24AFD
HEX#A24AFD
RGBrgb(162, 74, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.2902, 0.9922
RGB percentages63.5%, 29%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(269.5, 97.8%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.5, 70.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK36%, 70.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,636,029
CSS custom property--colour: #A24AFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19671WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.93:1
Contrast with white4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#5DB502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0079FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#007AF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8F769Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.5Dark violet · ΔE 15.2Dark orchid · ΔE 16.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.4Medium orchid · ΔE 28.8Medium blue · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5FD4A
Analogous#4A4CFD, #FB4AFD
Triadic#FDA24A, #4AFDA2
Split complementary#FDFB4A, #4CFD4A
Tetradic#FD4A4C, #A5FD4A, #4AFDFB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0E1FF
Lighter +20%#D6AFFE
Lighter +10%#BC7CFE
Darker −10%#8818FC
Darker −20%#6F02DF
Darker −30%#5602AC
Darker −40%#3C017A
More saturated +25%#A248FF
Less saturated −25%#A261E6

Channel breakdown

R162
G74
B253
Red162 (63.5%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue269.5°
Saturation (HSL)97.81%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 4A · B FD

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