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Recognised as Colour

#A35AFB

  • #A35AFB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A35AFB is a violet with RGB values 163, 90, 251 and HSL 267°, 95%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A35AFB#A35AFB
HEX#A35AFB
RGBrgb(163, 90, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.3529, 0.9843
RGB percentages63.9%, 35.3%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(267.2, 95.3%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.2, 64.1%, 98.4%)
CMYK35.1%, 64.1%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,705,659
CSS custom property--colour: #A35AFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.41:1
Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#5CA504

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0081FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0980F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Tritanopia#907EA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 15Blue violet · ΔE 16.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.6Dark violet · ΔE 21.7Medium orchid · ΔE 21.9Slate blue · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 14.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2FB5A
Analogous#5A61FB, #F35AFB
Triadic#FBA35A, #5AFBA3
Split complementary#FBF45A, #61FB5A
Tetradic#FB5A62, #B2FB5A, #5AFBF4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6EFFF
Lighter +20%#DBBEFD
Lighter +10%#BF8CFC
Darker −10%#8728FA
Darker −20%#6D06E9
Darker −30%#5604B8
Darker −40%#3E0386
More saturated +25%#A356FF
Less saturated −25%#A56FE6

Channel breakdown

R163
G90
B251
Red163 (63.9%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue267.2°
Saturation (HSL)95.27%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G 5A · B FB

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