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Colour

#A500FF

  • #A500FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A500FF is a violet with RGB values 165, 0, 255 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

#A500FF#A500FF
HEX#A500FF
RGBrgb(165, 0, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0, 1
RGB percentages64.7%, 0%, 100%
HSLhsl(278.8, 100%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.8, 100%, 100%)
CMYK35.3%, 100%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,813,695
CSS custom property--colour: #A500FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#5AFF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.8 from the original
Tritanopia#936096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 18.8Blue violet · ΔE 19.8Blue · ΔE 27.7Medium blue · ΔE 29.2Fuchsia · ΔE 30.4Magenta · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 18.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5AFF00
Analogous#2600FF, #FF00D9
Triadic#FFA500, #00FFA5
Split complementary#D9FF00, #00FF26
Tetradic#FF2600, #5AFF00, #00D9FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDCCFF
Lighter +30%#DB99FF
Lighter +20%#C966FF
Lighter +10%#B733FF
Darker −10%#8400CC
Darker −20%#630099
Darker −30%#420066
Darker −40%#210033
More saturated +25%#A500FF
Less saturated −25%#9C20DF

Channel breakdown

R165
G0
B255
Red165 (64.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue278.82°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 00 · B FF

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