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Recognised as Colour

#A94AFF

  • #A94AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A94AFF is a violet with RGB values 169, 74, 255 and HSL 271°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A94AFF#A94AFF
HEX#A94AFF
RGBrgb(169, 74, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.2902, 1
RGB percentages66.3%, 29%, 100%
HSLhsl(271.5, 100%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.5, 71%, 100%)
CMYK33.7%, 71%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,094,783
CSS custom property--colour: #A94AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#56B500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#007DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9876A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.3Dark violet · ΔE 15Dark orchid · ΔE 17.3Medium orchid · ΔE 28.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.8Medium blue · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0FF4A
Analogous#4F4AFF, #FF4AFA
Triadic#FFA94A, #4AFFA9
Split complementary#FBFF4A, #4AFF4F
Tetradic#FF4F4A, #A0FF4A, #4AFAFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2E3FF
Lighter +20%#D9B0FF
Lighter +10%#C17DFF
Darker −10%#9117FF
Darker −20%#7700E3
Darker −30%#5C00B0
Darker −40%#42007D
More saturated +25%#A94AFF
Less saturated −25%#A861E8

Channel breakdown

R169
G74
B255
Red169 (66.3%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue271.49°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 4A · B FF

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