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Recognised as Colour

#A500D8

  • #A500D8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A500D8 is a violet with RGB values 165, 0, 216 and HSL 286°, 100%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A500D8#A500D8
HEX#A500D8
RGBrgb(165, 0, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0, 0.8471
RGB percentages64.7%, 0%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(285.8, 100%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.8, 100%, 84.7%)
CMYK23.6%, 100%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,813,656
CSS custom property--colour: #A500D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.85:1
Contrast with white5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#5AFF27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A04C7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 4.9Blue violet · ΔE 11.6Dark orchid · ΔE 16.3Fuchsia · ΔE 26.8Magenta · ΔE 26.8Medium orchid · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 4.91, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#33D800
Analogous#3900D8, #D8009F
Triadic#D8A500, #00D8A5
Split complementary#9FD800, #00D839
Tetradic#D83900, #33D800, #009FD8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAA5FF
Lighter +30%#DE72FF
Lighter +20%#D23FFF
Lighter +10%#C60CFF
Darker −10%#7E00A5
Darker −20%#570072
Darker −30%#30003F
Darker −40%#09000C
More saturated +25%#A500D8
Less saturated −25%#971BBD

Channel breakdown

R165
G0
B216
Red165 (64.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue285.83°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 00 · B D8

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