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Recognised as Colour

#A635FF

  • #A635FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A635FF is a violet with RGB values 166, 53, 255 and HSL 274°, 100%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A635FF#A635FF
HEX#A635FF
RGBrgb(166, 53, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.2078, 1
RGB percentages65.1%, 20.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(273.6, 100%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.6, 79.2%, 100%)
CMYK34.9%, 79.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,892,799
CSS custom property--colour: #A635FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#59CA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0073FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original
Deuteranopia#0075FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original
Tritanopia#946C9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11Dark violet · ΔE 13.2Dark orchid · ΔE 23.2Medium blue · ΔE 29Fuchsia · ΔE 30.3Magenta · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EFF35
Analogous#4135FF, #FF35F3
Triadic#FFA635, #35FFA6
Split complementary#F3FF35, #35FF41
Tetradic#FF4135, #8EFF35, #35F3FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9CEFF
Lighter +20%#D39BFF
Lighter +10%#BC68FF
Darker −10%#9002FF
Darker −20%#7300CE
Darker −30%#57009B
Darker −40%#3A0068
More saturated +25%#A635FF
Less saturated −25%#A34EE6

Channel breakdown

R166
G53
B255
Red166 (65.1%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue273.56°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 35 · B FF

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