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Recognised as Colour

#A603DA

  • #A603DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A603DA is a violet with RGB values 166, 3, 218 and HSL 285°, 97%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A603DA#A603DA
HEX#A603DA
RGBrgb(166, 3, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.0118, 0.8549
RGB percentages65.1%, 1.2%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(285.5, 97.3%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.5, 98.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK23.9%, 98.6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,879,962
CSS custom property--colour: #A603DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.76:1
Contrast with white5.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#59FC25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A04D80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.1Blue violet · ΔE 11.5Dark orchid · ΔE 16.6Fuchsia · ΔE 26.6Magenta · ΔE 26.6Medium orchid · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#37DA03
Analogous#3B03DA, #DA03A2
Triadic#DAA603, #03DAA6
Split complementary#A3DA03, #03DA3A
Tetradic#DA3B03, #37DA03, #03A3DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAABFE
Lighter +30%#DD79FD
Lighter +20%#D047FC
Lighter +10%#C414FC
Darker −10%#8002A8
Darker −20%#590275
Darker −30%#330143
Darker −40%#0D0011
More saturated +25%#A800DD
Less saturated −25%#981FBE

Channel breakdown

R166
G3
B218
Red166 (65.1%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue285.49°
Saturation (HSL)97.29%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 03 · B DA

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