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Recognised as Colour

#A84AFF

  • #A84AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A84AFF is a violet with RGB values 168, 74, 255 and HSL 271°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A84AFF#A84AFF
HEX#A84AFF
RGBrgb(168, 74, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.2902, 1
RGB percentages65.9%, 29%, 100%
HSLhsl(271.2, 100%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.2, 71%, 100%)
CMYK34.1%, 71%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,029,247
CSS custom property--colour: #A84AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.09:1
Contrast with white4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#57B500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#007CFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9776A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.2Dark violet · ΔE 15.1Dark orchid · ΔE 17.4Medium orchid · ΔE 28.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.7Medium blue · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1FF4A
Analogous#4D4AFF, #FF4AFC
Triadic#FFA84A, #4AFFA8
Split complementary#FCFF4A, #4AFF4E
Tetradic#FF4E4A, #A1FF4A, #4AFBFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2E3FF
Lighter +20%#D9B0FF
Lighter +10%#C17DFF
Darker −10%#8F17FF
Darker −20%#7600E3
Darker −30%#5B00B0
Darker −40%#41007D
More saturated +25%#A84AFF
Less saturated −25%#A761E8

Channel breakdown

R168
G74
B255
Red168 (65.9%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue271.16°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 4A · B FF

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