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Recognised as Colour

#A73CFF

  • #A73CFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A73CFF is a violet with RGB values 167, 60, 255 and HSL 273°, 100%, 62%. 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

#A73CFF#A73CFF
HEX#A73CFF
RGBrgb(167, 60, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.2353, 1
RGB percentages65.5%, 23.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(272.9, 100%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.9, 76.5%, 100%)
CMYK34.5%, 76.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,960,127
CSS custom property--colour: #A73CFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#58C300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original
Deuteranopia#0077FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original
Tritanopia#966F9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark violet · ΔE 13.1Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2Medium blue · ΔE 29.8Fuchsia · ΔE 30.7Magenta · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94FF3C
Analogous#453CFF, #FF3CF6
Triadic#FFA73C, #3CFFA7
Split complementary#F6FF3C, #3CFF45
Tetradic#FF453C, #94FF3C, #3CF6FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECD5FF
Lighter +20%#D5A2FF
Lighter +10%#BE6FFF
Darker −10%#9009FF
Darker −20%#7500D5
Darker −30%#5900A2
Darker −40%#3D006F
More saturated +25%#A73CFF
Less saturated −25%#A554E7

Channel breakdown

R167
G60
B255
Red167 (65.5%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue272.92°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 3C · B FF

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