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Recognised as Colour

#A800E5

  • #A800E5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A800E5 is a violet with RGB values 168, 0, 229 and HSL 284°, 100%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A800E5#A800E5
HEX#A800E5
RGBrgb(168, 0, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0, 0.898
RGB percentages65.9%, 0%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(284, 100%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 100%, 89.8%)
CMYK26.6%, 100%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,010,277
CSS custom property--colour: #A800E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13982WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.53:1
Contrast with white5.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#57FF1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62 from the original
Tritanopia#A05286no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.8:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.8Blue violet · ΔE 12.5Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2Fuchsia · ΔE 25.9Magenta · ΔE 25.9Medium blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3DE500
Analogous#3600E5, #E500AF
Triadic#E5A800, #00E5A8
Split complementary#AFE500, #00E535
Tetradic#E53600, #3DE500, #00AFE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAB2FF
Lighter +30%#DD7FFF
Lighter +20%#CF4CFF
Lighter +10%#C219FF
Darker −10%#8300B2
Darker −20%#5D007F
Darker −30%#38004C
Darker −40%#120019
More saturated +25%#A800E5
Less saturated −25%#9B1DC8

Channel breakdown

R168
G0
B229
Red168 (65.9%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue284.02°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 00 · B E5

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