Colour

#A72EF2

#A72EF2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#A72EF2 is a violet with RGB values 167, 46, 242 and HSL 277°, 88%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#A72EF2

RGBrgb(167, 46, 242)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.1804, 0.949

RGB percentages65.5%, 18%, 94.9%

HSLhsl(277, 88.3%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277, 81%, 94.9%)

CMYK31%, 81%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,956,530

CSS custom property--colour: #A72EF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1658WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#58D10D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006DF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0072EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9A6493no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.7 Dark violet · ΔE 9.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.9 Fuchsia · ΔE 28.6 Magenta · ΔE 28.6 Medium blue · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#79F22E

Analogous#452EF2, #F22EDB

Triadic#F2A72E, #2EF2A7

Split complementary#DBF22E, #2EF245

Tetradic#F2452E, #79F22E, #2EDBF2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8EEFE

Lighter +30%#E4BEFB

Lighter +20%#CF8EF8

Lighter +10%#BB5EF5

Darker −10%#8F0EDF

Darker −20%#700BAF

Darker −30%#51087F

Darker −40%#33054F

More saturated +25%#AA21FF

Less saturated −25%#A04AD6

Channel breakdown

R167

G46

B242

Red167 (65.5%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue242 (94.9%)

Hue277.04°

Saturation (HSL)88.29%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A7 · G 2E · B F2

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