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Recognised as Colour

#A32CEA

  • #A32CEA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A32CEA is a violet with RGB values 163, 44, 234 and HSL 278°, 82%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A32CEA#A32CEA
HEX#A32CEA
RGBrgb(163, 44, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.1725, 0.9176
RGB percentages63.9%, 17.3%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(277.6, 81.9%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.6, 81.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK30.3%, 81.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,693,866
CSS custom property--colour: #A32CEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#5CD315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original
Tritanopia#97608Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7Dark violet · ΔE 7.2Dark orchid · ΔE 15.9Fuchsia · ΔE 29.6Magenta · ΔE 29.6Medium blue · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73EA2C
Analogous#442CEA, #EA2CD2
Triadic#EAA32C, #2CEAA3
Split complementary#D2EA2C, #2CEA44
Tetradic#EA442C, #73EA2C, #2CD2EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E6FC
Lighter +30%#E0B7F8
Lighter +20%#CB89F3
Lighter +10%#B75AEF
Darker −10%#8915CE
Darker −20%#6A10A0
Darker −30%#4B0B72
Darker −40%#2D0743
More saturated +25%#A817FF
Less saturated −25%#9C49CD

Channel breakdown

R163
G44
B234
Red163 (63.9%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue277.58°
Saturation (HSL)81.9%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G 2C · B EA

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