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Recognised as Colour

#A90EF5

  • #A90EF5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A90EF5 is a violet with RGB values 169, 14, 245 and HSL 280°, 92%, 51%. 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

#A90EF5#A90EF5
HEX#A90EF5
RGBrgb(169, 14, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.0549, 0.9608
RGB percentages66.3%, 5.5%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(280.3, 92%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 94.3%, 96.1%)
CMYK31%, 94.3%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,079,413
CSS custom property--colour: #A90EF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#56F10A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EF1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9C5C91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 13.1Blue violet · ΔE 15Dark orchid · ΔE 26.6Fuchsia · ΔE 27.2Magenta · ΔE 27.2Medium blue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5AF50E
Analogous#360EF5, #F50ECE
Triadic#F5A90E, #0EF5A9
Split complementary#CDF50E, #0EF536
Tetradic#F5360E, #5AF50E, #0ECDF5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFD2FD
Lighter +30%#DDA1FB
Lighter +20%#CC70F9
Lighter +10%#BA3FF7
Darker −10%#8908C8
Darker −20%#670697
Darker −30%#460466
Darker −40%#240235
More saturated +25%#AC04FF
Less saturated −25%#9E2DD6

Channel breakdown

R169
G14
B245
Red169 (66.3%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue280.26°
Saturation (HSL)92.03%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 0E · B F5

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