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Recognised as Colour

#A700DC

  • #A700DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A700DC is a violet with RGB values 167, 0, 220 and HSL 286°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A700DC#A700DC
HEX#A700DC
RGBrgb(167, 0, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0, 0.8627
RGB percentages65.5%, 0%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(285.5, 100%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.5, 100%, 86.3%)
CMYK24.1%, 100%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,944,732
CSS custom property--colour: #A700DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1
Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#58FF23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A14E81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.6Blue violet · ΔE 11.8Dark orchid · ΔE 17.7Fuchsia · ΔE 26.1Magenta · ΔE 26.1Medium blue · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#35DC00
Analogous#3900DC, #DC00A3
Triadic#DCA700, #00DCA7
Split complementary#A3DC00, #00DC39
Tetradic#DC3900, #35DC00, #00A3DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAA9FF
Lighter +30%#DE76FF
Lighter +20%#D243FF
Lighter +10%#C510FF
Darker −10%#8000A9
Darker −20%#5A0076
Darker −30%#330043
Darker −40%#0C0010
More saturated +25%#A700DC
Less saturated −25%#991CC1

Channel breakdown

R167
G0
B220
Red167 (65.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue285.55°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 00 · B DC

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