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Recognised as Colour

#A820E7

  • #A820E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A820E7 is a violet with RGB values 168, 32, 231 and HSL 281°, 81%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A820E7#A820E7
HEX#A820E7
RGBrgb(168, 32, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.1255, 0.9059
RGB percentages65.9%, 12.5%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(281, 80.6%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281, 86.1%, 90.6%)
CMYK27.3%, 86.1%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,018,471
CSS custom property--colour: #A820E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.22:1
Contrast with white5.22:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#57DF18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9F598Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 6.6Blue violet · ΔE 9.6Dark orchid · ΔE 17.4Fuchsia · ΔE 27Magenta · ΔE 27Medium blue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FE720
Analogous#4520E7, #E720C2
Triadic#E7A820, #20E7A8
Split complementary#C3E720, #20E745
Tetradic#E74520, #5FE720, #20C2E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0D8FB
Lighter +30%#DEAAF6
Lighter +20%#CC7CF1
Lighter +10%#BA4EEC
Darker −10%#8915BF
Darker −20%#681091
Darker −30%#470B63
Darker −40%#260635
More saturated +25%#B108FF
Less saturated −25%#9D3FC8

Channel breakdown

R168
G32
B231
Red168 (65.9%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue281.01°
Saturation (HSL)80.57%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 20 · B E7

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