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Recognised as Colour

#A600CA

  • #A600CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A600CA is a violet with RGB values 166, 0, 202 and HSL 289°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A600CA#A600CA
HEX#A600CA
RGBrgb(166, 0, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0, 0.7922
RGB percentages65.1%, 0%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(289.3, 100%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.3, 100%, 79.2%)
CMYK17.8%, 100%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,879,178
CSS custom property--colour: #A600CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.04:1
Contrast with white6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#59FF35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005ACEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#1167C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A44476no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.3Dark orchid · ΔE 12Blue violet · ΔE 15.2Medium orchid · ΔE 25.7Fuchsia · ΔE 28.2Magenta · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#24CA00
Analogous#4100CA, #CA0089
Triadic#CAA600, #00CAA6
Split complementary#89CA00, #00CA41
Tetradic#CA4100, #24CA00, #0089CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EC97FF
Lighter +30%#E364FF
Lighter +20%#DA31FF
Lighter +10%#D000FD
Darker −10%#7C0097
Darker −20%#520064
Darker −30%#280031
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#A600CA
Less saturated −25%#9619B1

Channel breakdown

R166
G0
B202
Red166 (65.1%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue289.31°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 00 · B CA

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