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Recognised as Colour

#A73AFE

  • #A73AFE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A73AFE is a violet with RGB values 167, 58, 254 and HSL 273°, 99%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A73AFE#A73AFE
HEX#A73AFE
RGBrgb(167, 58, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.2275, 0.9961
RGB percentages65.5%, 22.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(273.4, 99%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.4, 77.2%, 99.6%)
CMYK34.3%, 77.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,959,614
CSS custom property--colour: #A73AFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#58C501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0077FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Tritanopia#966E9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark violet · ΔE 12.7Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2Medium blue · ΔE 29.7Fuchsia · ΔE 30.4Magenta · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91FE3A
Analogous#453AFE, #FE3AF3
Triadic#FEA73A, #3AFEA7
Split complementary#F3FE3A, #3AFE45
Tetradic#FE453A, #91FE3A, #3AF3FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBD2FF
Lighter +20%#D49FFF
Lighter +10%#BE6DFE
Darker −10%#9007FE
Darker −20%#7501D1
Darker −30%#58019E
Darker −40%#3C016B
More saturated +25%#A739FF
Less saturated −25%#A453E5

Channel breakdown

R167
G58
B254
Red167 (65.5%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue273.37°
Saturation (HSL)98.99%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 3A · B FE

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