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Recognised as Colour

#A700F9

  • #A700F9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A700F9 is a violet with RGB values 167, 0, 249 and HSL 280°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A700F9#A700F9
HEX#A700F9
RGBrgb(167, 0, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0, 0.9765
RGB percentages65.5%, 0%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(280.2, 100%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.2, 100%, 97.6%)
CMYK32.9%, 100%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,944,761
CSS custom property--colour: #A700F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15055WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#58FF06

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Tritanopia#985D93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 15.9Blue violet · ΔE 17.6Fuchsia · ΔE 28.6Magenta · ΔE 28.6Medium blue · ΔE 29.3Dark orchid · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 15.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#52F900
Analogous#2B00F9, #F900CE
Triadic#F9A700, #00F9A7
Split complementary#CFF900, #00F92A
Tetradic#F92A00, #52F900, #00CFF9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECC6FF
Lighter +30%#DB93FF
Lighter +20%#CB60FF
Lighter +10%#BA2DFF
Darker −10%#8500C6
Darker −20%#630093
Darker −30%#400060
Darker −40%#1E002D
More saturated +25%#A700F9
Less saturated −25%#9C1FDA

Channel breakdown

R167
G0
B249
Red167 (65.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue280.24°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 00 · B F9

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