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Recognised as Colour

#A531FE

  • #A531FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A531FE is a violet with RGB values 165, 49, 254 and HSL 274°, 99%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A531FE#A531FE
HEX#A531FE
RGBrgb(165, 49, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.1922, 0.9961
RGB percentages64.7%, 19.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(274, 99%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274, 80.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK35%, 80.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,826,238
CSS custom property--colour: #A531FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.7:1
Contrast with white4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#5ACE01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Tritanopia#936A9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.4Dark violet · ΔE 13.2Dark orchid · ΔE 24Medium blue · ΔE 28.5Fuchsia · ΔE 30.2Magenta · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AFE31
Analogous#3F31FE, #FE31F0
Triadic#FEA531, #31FEA5
Split complementary#F0FE31, #31FE3F
Tetradic#FE3F31, #8AFE31, #31F0FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFCFF
Lighter +30%#E8C9FF
Lighter +20%#D197FE
Lighter +10%#BB64FE
Darker −10%#8E01FB
Darker −20%#7201C8
Darker −30%#550195
Darker −40%#380063
More saturated +25%#A530FF
Less saturated −25%#A24BE4

Channel breakdown

R165
G49
B254
Red165 (64.7%)
Green49 (19.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue273.95°
Saturation (HSL)99.03%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 31 · B FE

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