Recognised as Colour

#A653FF

#A653FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#A653FF is a violet with RGB values 166, 83, 255 and HSL 269°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A653FF#A653FF

HEX#A653FF

RGBrgb(166, 83, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.3255, 1

RGB percentages65.1%, 32.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(269, 100%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269, 67.5%, 100%)

CMYK34.9%, 67.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,900,479

CSS custom property--colour: #A653FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21514WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.3:1

Contrast with white3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#717171

Inverted#59AC00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#007FFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Tritanopia#937BA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 16 Dark violet · ΔE 18 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25 Medium orchid · ΔE 25.8 Slate blue · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ACFF53

Analogous#5356FF, #FC53FF

Triadic#FFA653, #53FFA6

Split complementary#FFFC53, #56FF53

Tetradic#FF5356, #ACFF53, #53FFFC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5ECFF

Lighter +20%#DBB9FF

Lighter +10%#C086FF

Darker −10%#8C20FF

Darker −20%#7200EC

Darker −30%#5900B9

Darker −40%#410086

More saturated +25%#A653FF

Less saturated −25%#A768EA

Channel breakdown

R166

G83

B255

Red166 (65.1%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue268.95°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A6 · G 53 · B FF

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