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Colour

#A500FD

  • #A500FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A500FD is a violet with RGB values 165, 0, 253 and HSL 279°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A500FD#A500FD
HEX#A500FD
RGBrgb(165, 0, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0, 0.9922
RGB percentages64.7%, 0%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(279.1, 100%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.1, 100%, 99.2%)
CMYK34.8%, 100%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,813,693
CSS custom property--colour: #A500FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.23:1
Contrast with white5.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#5AFF02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Tritanopia#945F95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 17.9Blue violet · ΔE 19Blue · ΔE 28.2Medium blue · ΔE 29.1Fuchsia · ΔE 30Magenta · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 17.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58FD00
Analogous#2700FD, #FD00D6
Triadic#FDA500, #00FDA5
Split complementary#D7FD00, #00FD26
Tetradic#FD2600, #58FD00, #00D6FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDCAFF
Lighter +30%#DB97FF
Lighter +20%#C964FF
Lighter +10%#B731FF
Darker −10%#8400CA
Darker −20%#620097
Darker −30%#410064
Darker −40%#200031
More saturated +25%#A500FD
Less saturated −25%#9B20DD

Channel breakdown

R165
G0
B253
Red165 (64.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue279.13°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 00 · B FD

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