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Recognised as Colour

#A500F8

  • #A500F8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A500F8 is a violet with RGB values 165, 0, 248 and HSL 280°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A500F8#A500F8
HEX#A500F8
RGBrgb(165, 0, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0, 0.9725
RGB percentages64.7%, 0%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(279.9, 100%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.9, 100%, 97.3%)
CMYK33.5%, 100%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,813,688
CSS custom property--colour: #A500F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14777WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.31:1
Contrast with white5.31:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#5AFF07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.5 from the original
Tritanopia#965D92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 15.6Blue violet · ΔE 17.2Medium blue · ΔE 28.8Fuchsia · ΔE 29Magenta · ΔE 29Blue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 15.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#53F800
Analogous#2900F8, #F800CF
Triadic#F8A500, #00F8A5
Split complementary#CFF800, #00F829
Tetradic#F82900, #53F800, #00CFF8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECC5FF
Lighter +30%#DB92FF
Lighter +20%#C95FFF
Lighter +10%#B82CFF
Darker −10%#8300C5
Darker −20%#610092
Darker −30%#3F005F
Darker −40%#1D002C
More saturated +25%#A500F8
Less saturated −25%#9B1FD9

Channel breakdown

R165
G0
B248
Red165 (64.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue279.92°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 00 · B F8

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