Recognised as Colour

#A31DFF

#A31DFF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#A31DFF is a violet with RGB values 163, 29, 255 and HSL 276°, 100%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A31DFF#A31DFF

HEX#A31DFF

RGBrgb(163, 29, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.1137, 1

RGB percentages63.9%, 11.4%, 100%

HSLhsl(275.6, 100%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.6, 88.6%, 100%)

CMYK36.1%, 88.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,690,047

CSS custom property--colour: #A31DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15885WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.03:1

Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#5CE200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#006FFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original

Tritanopia#906598no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.2 Dark violet · ΔE 16.2 Medium blue · ΔE 28 Blue · ΔE 28.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 29.4 Fuchsia · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#79FF1D

Analogous#321DFF, #FF1DEA

Triadic#FFA31D, #1DFFA3

Split complementary#EAFF1D, #1DFF32

Tetradic#FF321D, #79FF1D, #1DEAFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F6E9FF

Lighter +30%#E1B6FF

Lighter +20%#CD83FF

Lighter +10%#B850FF

Darker −10%#8A00E9

Darker −20%#6C00B6

Darker −30%#4E0083

Darker −40%#2F0050

More saturated +25%#A31DFF

Less saturated −25%#9E39E3

Channel breakdown

R163

G29

B255

Red163 (63.9%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue275.58°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A3 · G 1D · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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