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Recognised as Colour

#A606FE

  • #A606FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A606FE is a violet with RGB values 166, 6, 254 and HSL 279°, 99%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A606FE#A606FE
HEX#A606FE
RGBrgb(166, 6, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.0235, 0.9961
RGB percentages65.1%, 2.4%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(278.7, 99.2%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 97.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK34.6%, 97.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,880,766
CSS custom property--colour: #A606FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.15:1
Contrast with white5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#59F901

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Tritanopia#956096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 17.8Blue violet · ΔE 18.8Blue · ΔE 28.5Medium blue · ΔE 29.3Fuchsia · ΔE 29.8Magenta · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 17.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5EFE06
Analogous#2A06FE, #FE06DA
Triadic#FEA606, #06FEA6
Split complementary#DAFE06, #06FE2A
Tetradic#FE2A06, #5EFE06, #06DAFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFD1FF
Lighter +30%#DC9EFF
Lighter +20%#CA6CFE
Lighter +10%#B839FE
Darker −10%#8701D0
Darker −20%#66019D
Darker −30%#45006B
Darker −40%#240038
More saturated +25%#A605FF
Less saturated −25%#9D25DF

Channel breakdown

R166
G6
B254
Red166 (65.1%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue278.71°
Saturation (HSL)99.2%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 06 · B FE

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