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Recognised as Colour

#A938FF

  • #A938FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A938FF is a violet with RGB values 169, 56, 255 and HSL 274°, 100%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A938FF#A938FF
HEX#A938FF
RGBrgb(169, 56, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.2196, 1
RGB percentages66.3%, 22%, 100%
HSLhsl(274.1, 100%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.1, 78%, 100%)
CMYK33.7%, 78%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,090,175
CSS custom property--colour: #A938FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.7:1
Contrast with white4.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#56C700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0077FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original
Tritanopia#996D9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.47:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.7Dark violet · ΔE 13Dark orchid · ΔE 22.2Fuchsia · ΔE 29.7Magenta · ΔE 29.7Medium blue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EFF38
Analogous#4638FF, #FF38F1
Triadic#FFA938, #38FFA9
Split complementary#F2FF38, #38FF45
Tetradic#FF4538, #8EFF38, #38F1FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBD1FF
Lighter +20%#D59EFF
Lighter +10%#BF6BFF
Darker −10%#9305FF
Darker −20%#7700D1
Darker −30%#5A009E
Darker −40%#3D006B
More saturated +25%#A938FF
Less saturated −25%#A651E6

Channel breakdown

R169
G56
B255
Red169 (66.3%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue274.07°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 38 · B FF

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