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Recognised as Colour

#A800DD

  • #A800DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A800DD is a violet with RGB values 168, 0, 221 and HSL 286°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A800DD#A800DD
HEX#A800DD
RGBrgb(168, 0, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0, 0.8667
RGB percentages65.9%, 0%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(285.6, 100%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.6, 100%, 86.7%)
CMYK24%, 100%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,010,269
CSS custom property--colour: #A800DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.66:1
Contrast with white5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#57FF22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63 from the original
Tritanopia#A24E82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.9Blue violet · ΔE 12.1Dark orchid · ΔE 18Fuchsia · ΔE 25.8Magenta · ΔE 25.8Medium blue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#35DD00
Analogous#3900DD, #DD00A4
Triadic#DDA800, #00DDA8
Split complementary#A3DD00, #00DD39
Tetradic#DD3A00, #35DD00, #00A4DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBAAFF
Lighter +30%#DE77FF
Lighter +20%#D244FF
Lighter +10%#C611FF
Darker −10%#8100AA
Darker −20%#5A0077
Darker −30%#340044
Darker −40%#0D0011
More saturated +25%#A800DD
Less saturated −25%#9A1CC1

Channel breakdown

R168
G0
B221
Red168 (65.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue285.61°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 00 · B DD

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