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Colour

#A90FEE

  • #A90FEE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A90FEE is a violet with RGB values 169, 15, 238 and HSL 281°, 88%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A90FEE#A90FEE
HEX#A90FEE
RGBrgb(169, 15, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.0588, 0.9333
RGB percentages66.3%, 5.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(281.4, 88.1%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.4, 93.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK29%, 93.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,079,662
CSS custom property--colour: #A90FEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1495WCAG 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 5.26:1
Contrast with white5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#56F011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9F598Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.1Blue violet · ΔE 13Dark orchid · ΔE 23.4Fuchsia · ΔE 26.4Magenta · ΔE 26.4Medium blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#54EE0F
Analogous#3A0FEE, #EE0FC3
Triadic#EEA90F, #0FEEA9
Split complementary#C4EE0F, #0FEE39
Tetradic#EE390F, #54EE0F, #0FC3EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDCDFC
Lighter +30%#DC9DF9
Lighter +20%#CC6DF6
Lighter +10%#BB3DF3
Darker −10%#870CBE
Darker −20%#65098E
Darker −30%#43065E
Darker −40%#21032E
More saturated +25%#AF00FD
Less saturated −25%#9D2FCE

Channel breakdown

R169
G15
B238
Red169 (66.3%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue281.43°
Saturation (HSL)88.14%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 0F · B EE

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