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Recognised as Colour

#A500DF

  • #A500DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A500DF is a violet with RGB values 165, 0, 223 and HSL 284°, 100%, 44%. 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

#A500DF#A500DF
HEX#A500DF
RGBrgb(165, 0, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0, 0.8745
RGB percentages64.7%, 0%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(284.4, 100%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.4, 100%, 87.5%)
CMYK26%, 100%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,813,663
CSS custom property--colour: #A500DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.73:1
Contrast with white5.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#5AFF20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9E5083no 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 text5.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.7Blue violet · ΔE 11.4Dark orchid · ΔE 19Fuchsia · ΔE 26.7Magenta · ΔE 26.7Medium blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3ADF00
Analogous#3500DF, #DF00AA
Triadic#DFA500, #00DFA5
Split complementary#AADF00, #00DF35
Tetradic#DF3500, #3ADF00, #00AADF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9ACFF
Lighter +30%#DC79FF
Lighter +20%#CF46FF
Lighter +10%#C213FF
Darker −10%#7F00AC
Darker −20%#5A0079
Darker −30%#340046
Darker −40%#0E0013
More saturated +25%#A500DF
Less saturated −25%#981CC3

Channel breakdown

R165
G0
B223
Red165 (64.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue284.39°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 00 · B DF

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