Colour

#A40CE0

#A40CE0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#A40CE0 is a violet with RGB values 164, 12, 224 and HSL 283°, 90%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A40CE0#A40CE0

HEX#A40CE0

RGBrgb(164, 12, 224)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.0471, 0.8784

RGB percentages64.3%, 4.7%, 87.8%

HSLhsl(283, 89.8%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283, 94.6%, 87.8%)

CMYK26.8%, 94.6%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,751,200

CSS custom property--colour: #A40CE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.66:1

Contrast with white5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#5BF31F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0061E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0069DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9C5284no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.1 Blue violet · ΔE 10.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1 Fuchsia · ΔE 27.2 Magenta · ΔE 27.2 Medium blue · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.14, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#48E00C

Analogous#3A0CE0, #E00CB2

Triadic#E0A40C, #0CE0A4

Split complementary#B2E00C, #0CE03A

Tetradic#E03A0C, #48E00C, #0CB2E0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EABDFB

Lighter +30%#DA8CF9

Lighter +20%#CB5CF6

Lighter +10%#BB2BF4

Darker −10%#8109B0

Darker −20%#5D077F

Darker −30%#3A044F

Darker −40%#16021E

More saturated +25%#A900EC

Less saturated −25%#972AC3

Channel breakdown

R164

G12

B224

Red164 (64.3%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue224 (87.8%)

Hue283.02°

Saturation (HSL)89.83%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A4 · G 0C · B E0

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