Colour

#A700FD

#A700FD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#A700FD is a violet with RGB values 167, 0, 253 and HSL 280°, 100%, 50%. 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

#A700FD#A700FD

HEX#A700FD

RGBrgb(167, 0, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0, 0.9922

RGB percentages65.5%, 0%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(279.6, 100%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.6, 100%, 99.2%)

CMYK34%, 100%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,944,765

CSS custom property--colour: #A700FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.17:1

Contrast with white5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#58FF02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0069FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#006EF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59 from the original

Tritanopia#975F95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 17.7 Blue violet · ΔE 19 Blue · ΔE 28.9 Fuchsia · ΔE 29.3 Magenta · ΔE 29.3 Medium blue · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 17.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#56FD00

Analogous#2900FD, #FD00D4

Triadic#FDA700, #00FDA7

Split complementary#D5FD00, #00FD28

Tetradic#FD2800, #56FD00, #00D4FD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDCAFF

Lighter +30%#DC97FF

Lighter +20%#CA64FF

Lighter +10%#B931FF

Darker −10%#8500CA

Darker −20%#640097

Darker −30%#420064

Darker −40%#200031

More saturated +25%#A700FD

Less saturated −25%#9D20DD

Channel breakdown

R167

B253

Red167 (65.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue279.6°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A7 · G 00 · B FD

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