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Recognised as Colour

#A64FFF

  • #A64FFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A64FFF is a violet with RGB values 166, 79, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A64FFF#A64FFF
HEX#A64FFF
RGBrgb(166, 79, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.3098, 1
RGB percentages65.1%, 31%, 100%
HSLhsl(269.7, 100%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.7, 69%, 100%)
CMYK34.9%, 69%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,899,455
CSS custom property--colour: #A64FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.18:1
Contrast with white4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#59B000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#007DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9479A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.2Dark orchid · ΔE 16.5Dark violet · ΔE 16.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 27Medium orchid · ΔE 27.3Medium blue · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8FF4F
Analogous#4F50FF, #FE4FFF
Triadic#FFA64F, #4FFFA6
Split complementary#FFFE4F, #50FF4F
Tetradic#FF4F50, #A8FF4F, #4FFFFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3E8FF
Lighter +20%#DAB5FF
Lighter +10%#C082FF
Darker −10%#8C1CFF
Darker −20%#7300E8
Darker −30%#5900B5
Darker −40%#400082
More saturated +25%#A64FFF
Less saturated −25%#A665E9

Channel breakdown

R166
G79
B255
Red166 (65.1%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue269.66°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 4F · B FF

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