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Recognised as Colour

#A311FC

  • #A311FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A311FC is a violet with RGB values 163, 17, 252 and HSL 277°, 98%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A311FC#A311FC
HEX#A311FC
RGBrgb(163, 17, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.0667, 0.9882
RGB percentages63.9%, 6.7%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(277.3, 97.5%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.3, 93.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK35.3%, 93.3%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,686,972
CSS custom property--colour: #A311FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#5CEE03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original
Tritanopia#926195no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16.2Blue violet · ΔE 16.9Medium blue · ΔE 28.2Blue · ΔE 28.6Dark orchid · ΔE 29.9Fuchsia · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AFC11
Analogous#2E11FC, #FC11DF
Triadic#FCA311, #11FCA3
Split complementary#DFFC11, #11FC2E
Tetradic#FC2E11, #6AFC11, #11DFFC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1DAFF
Lighter +30%#DDA8FE
Lighter +20%#CA76FD
Lighter +10%#B643FD
Darker −10%#8703D7
Darker −20%#6702A5
Darker −30%#480173
Darker −40%#280140
More saturated +25%#A40EFF
Less saturated −25%#9C2FDE

Channel breakdown

R163
G17
B252
Red163 (63.9%)
Green17 (6.7%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue277.28°
Saturation (HSL)97.51%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G 11 · B FC

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