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Recognised as Colour

#A700EB

  • #A700EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A700EB is a violet with RGB values 167, 0, 235 and HSL 283°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A700EB#A700EB
HEX#A700EB
RGBrgb(167, 0, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0, 0.9216
RGB percentages65.5%, 0%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(282.6, 100%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.6, 100%, 92.2%)
CMYK28.9%, 100%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,944,747
CSS custom property--colour: #A700EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14214WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.46:1
Contrast with white5.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#58FF14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9D568Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.9Blue violet · ΔE 13.4Dark orchid · ΔE 23.8Fuchsia · ΔE 26.6Magenta · ΔE 26.6Medium blue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#44EB00
Analogous#3200EB, #EB00BA
Triadic#EBA700, #00EBA7
Split complementary#B9EB00, #00EB32
Tetradic#EB3200, #44EB00, #00B9EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAB8FF
Lighter +30%#DC85FF
Lighter +20%#CD52FF
Lighter +10%#BE1FFF
Darker −10%#8300B8
Darker −20%#5F0085
Darker −30%#3A0052
Darker −40%#16001F
More saturated +25%#A700EB
Less saturated −25%#9B1DCE

Channel breakdown

R167
G0
B235
Red167 (65.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue282.64°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 00 · B EB

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