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Recognised as Colour

#A300DB

  • #A300DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A300DB is a violet with RGB values 163, 0, 219 and HSL 285°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A300DB#A300DB
HEX#A300DB
RGBrgb(163, 0, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0, 0.8588
RGB percentages63.9%, 0%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(284.7, 100%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.7, 100%, 85.9%)
CMYK25.6%, 100%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,682,587
CSS custom property--colour: #A300DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.87:1
Contrast with white5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#5CFF24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9C4E80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 4.5Blue violet · ΔE 10.9Dark orchid · ΔE 17.5Fuchsia · ΔE 27.3Magenta · ΔE 27.3Medium blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 4.49, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#38DB00
Analogous#3500DB, #DB00A6
Triadic#DBA300, #00DBA3
Split complementary#A6DB00, #00DB35
Tetradic#DB3500, #38DB00, #00A6DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9A8FF
Lighter +30%#DC75FF
Lighter +20%#CF42FF
Lighter +10%#C20FFF
Darker −10%#7D00A8
Darker −20%#570075
Darker −30%#310042
Darker −40%#0B000F
More saturated +25%#A300DB
Less saturated −25%#961BC0

Channel breakdown

R163
G0
B219
Red163 (63.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue284.66°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G 00 · B DB

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