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Recognised as Colour

#A420E5

  • #A420E5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A420E5 is a violet with RGB values 164, 32, 229 and HSL 280°, 79%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A420E5#A420E5
HEX#A420E5
RGBrgb(164, 32, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.1255, 0.898
RGB percentages64.3%, 12.5%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(280.2, 79.1%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.2, 86%, 89.8%)
CMYK28.4%, 86%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,756,325
CSS custom property--colour: #A420E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14583WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#5BDF1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9A5989no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.7Blue violet · ΔE 8.4Dark orchid · ΔE 16.7Fuchsia · ΔE 28.2Magenta · ΔE 28.2Medium blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61E520
Analogous#4220E5, #E520C3
Triadic#E5A420, #20E5A4
Split complementary#C4E520, #20E541
Tetradic#E54120, #61E520, #20C3E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFD7FA
Lighter +30%#DCA9F5
Lighter +20%#C97BF0
Lighter +10%#B74EEA
Darker −10%#8516BC
Darker −20%#65118E
Darker −30%#450B61
Darker −40%#240633
More saturated +25%#AD06FF
Less saturated −25%#993FC6

Channel breakdown

R164
G32
B229
Red164 (64.3%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue280.2°
Saturation (HSL)79.12%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 20 · B E5

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