Recognised as Colour

#A94FFE

#A94FFE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#A94FFE is a violet with RGB values 169, 79, 254 and HSL 271°, 99%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A94FFE#A94FFE

HEX#A94FFE

RGBrgb(169, 79, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.3098, 0.9961

RGB percentages66.3%, 31%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(270.9, 98.9%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.9, 68.9%, 99.6%)

CMYK33.5%, 68.9%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,096,062

CSS custom property--colour: #A94FFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1

Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#56B001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#007FFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9878A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.9 Dark violet · ΔE 16.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 26.4 Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.1 Fuchsia · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A4FE4F

Analogous#524FFE, #FE4FFB

Triadic#FEA94F, #4FFEA9

Split complementary#FCFE4F, #4FFE51

Tetradic#FE514F, #A4FE4F, #4FFBFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3E7FF

Lighter +20%#DBB4FF

Lighter +10%#C282FE

Darker −10%#901CFE

Darker −20%#7701E6

Darker −30%#5D01B3

Darker −40%#420180

More saturated +25%#A94EFF

Less saturated −25%#A865E8

Channel breakdown

R169

G79

B254

Red169 (66.3%)

Green79 (31%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue270.86°

Saturation (HSL)98.87%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A9 · G 4F · B FE

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