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Colour

#A44AFF

  • #A44AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A44AFF is a violet with RGB values 164, 74, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A44AFF#A44AFF
HEX#A44AFF
RGBrgb(164, 74, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.2902, 1
RGB percentages64.3%, 29%, 100%
HSLhsl(269.8, 100%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.8, 71%, 100%)
CMYK35.7%, 71%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,767,103
CSS custom property--colour: #A44AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5:1
Contrast with white4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#5BB500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#007BFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9176A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.7Dark violet · ΔE 15.2Dark orchid · ΔE 17.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.3Medium orchid · ΔE 29.4Medium blue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5FF4A
Analogous#4A4BFF, #FE4AFF
Triadic#FFA44A, #4AFFA4
Split complementary#FFFF4A, #4AFF4A
Tetradic#FF4A4B, #A5FF4A, #4AFFFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1E3FF
Lighter +20%#D7B0FF
Lighter +10%#BE7DFF
Darker −10%#8A17FF
Darker −20%#7100E3
Darker −30%#5800B0
Darker −40%#3E007D
More saturated +25%#A44AFF
Less saturated −25%#A461E8

Channel breakdown

R164
G74
B255
Red164 (64.3%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue269.83°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 4A · B FF

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