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Recognised as Colour

#A34EFF

  • #A34EFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A34EFF is a violet with RGB values 163, 78, 255 and HSL 269°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A34EFF#A34EFF
HEX#A34EFF
RGBrgb(163, 78, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.3059, 1
RGB percentages63.9%, 30.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(268.8, 100%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.8, 69.4%, 100%)
CMYK36.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,702,591
CSS custom property--colour: #A34EFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.09:1
Contrast with white4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#5CB100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#007CFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8F79A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.6Dark violet · ΔE 16.5Dark orchid · ΔE 16.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.2Medium orchid · ΔE 28.1Medium blue · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAFF4E
Analogous#4E52FF, #FB4EFF
Triadic#FFA34E, #4EFFA3
Split complementary#FFFB4E, #52FF4E
Tetradic#FF4E52, #AAFF4E, #4EFFFB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3E7FF
Lighter +20%#D8B4FF
Lighter +10%#BE81FF
Darker −10%#881BFF
Darker −20%#6F00E7
Darker −30%#5600B4
Darker −40%#3E0081
More saturated +25%#A34EFF
Less saturated −25%#A464E9

Channel breakdown

R163
G78
B255
Red163 (63.9%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue268.81°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G 4E · B FF

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