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Recognised as Colour

#A42EFA

  • #A42EFA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A42EFA is a violet with RGB values 164, 46, 250 and HSL 275°, 95%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A42EFA#A42EFA
HEX#A42EFA
RGBrgb(164, 46, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.1804, 0.9804
RGB percentages64.3%, 18%, 98%
HSLhsl(274.7, 95.3%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.7, 81.6%, 98%)
CMYK34.4%, 81.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,759,930
CSS custom property--colour: #A42EFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16749WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#5BD105

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original
Tritanopia#936897no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.5Dark violet · ΔE 11.9Dark orchid · ΔE 22.9Medium blue · ΔE 28.3Fuchsia · ΔE 29.9Magenta · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.53, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84FA2E
Analogous#3E2EFA, #FA2EEA
Triadic#FAA42E, #2EFAA4
Split complementary#EAFA2E, #2EFA3E
Tetradic#FA3E2E, #84FA2E, #2EEAFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF5FF
Lighter +30%#E5C3FE
Lighter +20%#CF92FC
Lighter +10%#BA60FB
Darker −10%#8D06EF
Darker −20%#7005BD
Darker −30%#52038C
Darker −40%#35025A
More saturated +25%#A529FF
Less saturated −25%#A049DF

Channel breakdown

R164
G46
B250
Red164 (64.3%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue274.71°
Saturation (HSL)95.33%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 2E · B FA

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