Recognised as Colour

#A829FA

#A829FA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#A829FA is a violet with RGB values 168, 41, 250 and HSL 276°, 95%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A829FA#A829FA

HEX#A829FA

RGBrgb(168, 41, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.1608, 0.9804

RGB percentages65.9%, 16.1%, 98%

HSLhsl(276.5, 95.4%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.5, 83.6%, 98%)

CMYK32.8%, 83.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,020,794

CSS custom property--colour: #A829FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.81:1

Contrast with white4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#57D605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0073F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Tritanopia#996597no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12 Dark violet · ΔE 12.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 24 Fuchsia · ΔE 28.5 Magenta · ΔE 28.5 Medium blue · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7BFA29

Analogous#4029FA, #FA29E3

Triadic#FAA829, #29FAA8

Split complementary#E3FA29, #29FA40

Tetradic#FA4029, #7BFA29, #29E3FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F9F0FF

Lighter +30%#E5BFFD

Lighter +20%#D18DFC

Lighter +10%#BC5BFB

Darker −10%#9105EB

Darker −20%#7204B9

Darker −30%#530387

Darker −40%#340255

More saturated +25%#A924FF

Less saturated −25%#A244DF

Channel breakdown

R168

G41

B250

Red168 (65.9%)

Green41 (16.1%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue276.46°

Saturation (HSL)95.43%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G 29 · B FA

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