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Recognised as Colour

#A31FF3

  • #A31FF3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A31FF3 is a violet with RGB values 163, 31, 243 and HSL 277°, 90%, 54%. 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

#A31FF3#A31FF3
HEX#A31FF3
RGBrgb(163, 31, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.1216, 0.9529
RGB percentages63.9%, 12.2%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(277.4, 89.8%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.4, 87.2%, 95.3%)
CMYK32.9%, 87.2%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,690,547
CSS custom property--colour: #A31FF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.4 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 black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#5CE00C

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#0069F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.7 from the original
Tritanopia#956091no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.3 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 text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#6FF31F
Analogous#391FF3, #F31FD9
Triadic#F3A31F, #1FF3A3
Split complementary#D9F31F, #1FF339
Tetradic#F3391F, #6FF31F, #1FD9F3

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#F3E1FD
Lighter +30%#DFB0FB
Lighter +20%#CB80F8
Lighter +10%#B74FF6
Darker −10%#880BD4
Darker −20%#6909A3
Darker −30%#4A0673
Darker −40%#2B0442
More saturated +25%#A613FF
Less saturated −25%#9C3DD5

Channel breakdown

R163
G31
B243
Red163 (63.9%)
Green31 (12.2%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue277.36°
Saturation (HSL)89.83%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G 1F · B F3

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