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Recognised as Colour

#A91EEA

  • #A91EEA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#A91EEA is a violet with RGB values 169, 30, 234 and HSL 281°, 83%, 52%. 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

#A91EEA#A91EEA
HEX#A91EEA
RGBrgb(169, 30, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.1176, 0.9176
RGB percentages66.3%, 11.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(280.9, 82.9%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.9, 87.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK27.8%, 87.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,083,498
CSS custom property--colour: #A91EEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.17:1
Contrast with white5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#56E115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A05A8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.5Blue violet · ΔE 10.3Dark orchid · ΔE 19.1Fuchsia · ΔE 26.6Magenta · ΔE 26.6Medium blue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FEA1E
Analogous#431EEA, #EA1EC5
Triadic#EAA91E, #1EEAA9
Split complementary#C5EA1E, #1EEA43
Tetradic#EA431E, #5FEA1E, #1EC5EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0D9FB
Lighter +30%#DEAAF7
Lighter +20%#CD7BF3
Lighter +10%#BB4DEE
Darker −10%#8B12C3
Darker −20%#690E94
Darker −30%#480966
Darker −40%#270537
More saturated +25%#B109FF
Less saturated −25%#9E3DCB

Channel breakdown

R169
G30
B234
Red169 (66.3%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue280.88°
Saturation (HSL)82.93%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 1E · B EA

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