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Recognised as Colour

#A804FF

  • #A804FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A804FF is a violet with RGB values 168, 4, 255 and HSL 279°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A804FF#A804FF
HEX#A804FF
RGBrgb(168, 4, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.0157, 1
RGB percentages65.9%, 1.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(279.2, 100%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.2, 98.4%, 100%)
CMYK34.1%, 98.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,011,327
CSS custom property--colour: #A804FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.09:1
Contrast with white5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#57FB00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59 from the original
Tritanopia#986096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 18.2Blue violet · ΔE 19.4Blue · ΔE 28.8Fuchsia · ΔE 29.4Magenta · ΔE 29.4Medium blue · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 18.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5BFF04
Analogous#2B04FF, #FF04D8
Triadic#FFA804, #04FFA8
Split complementary#D9FF04, #04FF2A
Tetradic#FF2A04, #5BFF04, #04D8FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFD0FF
Lighter +30%#DD9DFF
Lighter +20%#CB6AFF
Lighter +10%#BA37FF
Darker −10%#8800D0
Darker −20%#67009D
Darker −30%#45006A
Darker −40%#240037
More saturated +25%#A804FF
Less saturated −25%#9E23E0

Channel breakdown

R168
G4
B255
Red168 (65.9%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue279.2°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 04 · B FF

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