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Colour

#A500FE

  • #A500FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A500FE is a violet with RGB values 165, 0, 254 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

#A500FE#A500FE
HEX#A500FE
RGBrgb(165, 0, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0, 0.9961
RGB percentages64.7%, 0%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(279, 100%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279, 100%, 99.6%)
CMYK35%, 100%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,813,694
CSS custom property--colour: #A500FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.21:1
Contrast with white5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#5AFF01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58 from the original
Tritanopia#946096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 18.3Blue violet · ΔE 19.4Blue · ΔE 28Medium blue · ΔE 29.2Fuchsia · ΔE 30.2Magenta · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 18.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59FE00
Analogous#2600FE, #FE00D8
Triadic#FEA500, #00FEA5
Split complementary#D8FE00, #00FE26
Tetradic#FE2600, #59FE00, #00D8FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDCBFF
Lighter +30%#DB98FF
Lighter +20%#C965FF
Lighter +10%#B732FF
Darker −10%#8400CB
Darker −20%#630098
Darker −30%#420065
Darker −40%#200032
More saturated +25%#A500FE
Less saturated −25%#9B20DE

Channel breakdown

R165
G0
B254
Red165 (64.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue278.98°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 00 · B FE

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