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Recognised as Colour

#A305EB

  • #A305EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A305EB is a violet with RGB values 163, 5, 235 and HSL 281°, 96%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A305EB#A305EB
HEX#A305EB
RGBrgb(163, 5, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.0196, 0.9216
RGB percentages63.9%, 2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(281.2, 95.8%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.2, 97.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK30.6%, 97.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,683,883
CSS custom property--colour: #A305EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.56:1
Contrast with white5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#5CFA14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Tritanopia#97578Ano 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 text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.6Blue violet · ΔE 12.5Dark orchid · ΔE 23.6Fuchsia · ΔE 27.9Magenta · ΔE 27.9Medium blue · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4DEB05
Analogous#3005EB, #EB05C0
Triadic#EBA305, #05EBA3
Split complementary#C0EB05, #05EB30
Tetradic#EB3005, #4DEB05, #05C0EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EABEFE
Lighter +30%#D98CFD
Lighter +20%#C95BFC
Lighter +10%#B929FA
Darker −10%#8004B9
Darker −20%#5E0387
Darker −30%#3B0255
Darker −40%#180123
More saturated +25%#A500F0
Less saturated −25%#9823CD

Channel breakdown

R163
G5
B235
Red163 (63.9%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue281.22°
Saturation (HSL)95.83%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G 05 · B EB

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