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Recognised as Colour

#A916F9

  • #A916F9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A916F9 is a violet with RGB values 169, 22, 249 and HSL 279°, 95%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#A916F9#A916F9
HEX#A916F9
RGBrgb(169, 22, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.0863, 0.9765
RGB percentages66.3%, 8.6%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(278.9, 95%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.9, 91.2%, 97.6%)
CMYK32.1%, 91.2%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,081,465
CSS custom property--colour: #A916F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#56E906

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0070F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9B6094no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 14Blue violet · ΔE 15.3Dark orchid · ΔE 27.3Fuchsia · ΔE 27.8Magenta · ΔE 27.8Medium blue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 14.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66F916
Analogous#3716F9, #F916D8
Triadic#F9A916, #16F9A9
Split complementary#D8F916, #16F937
Tetradic#F93716, #66F916, #16D8F9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2DDFE
Lighter +30%#E0ABFD
Lighter +20%#CE79FC
Lighter +10%#BB48FA
Darker −10%#8D06D6
Darker −20%#6C04A5
Darker −30%#4C0373
Darker −40%#2B0241
More saturated +25%#AB10FF
Less saturated −25%#A034DB

Channel breakdown

R169
G22
B249
Red169 (66.3%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue278.85°
Saturation (HSL)94.98%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 16 · B F9

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