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Recognised as Colour

#A951FD

  • #A951FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A951FD is a violet with RGB values 169, 81, 253 and HSL 271°, 98%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A951FD#A951FD
HEX#A951FD
RGBrgb(169, 81, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.3176, 0.9922
RGB percentages66.3%, 31.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(270.7, 97.7%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.7, 68%, 99.2%)
CMYK33.2%, 68%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,096,573
CSS custom property--colour: #A951FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.28:1
Contrast with white3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#56AE02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Deuteranopia#007FF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9879A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.3Dark orchid · ΔE 15.2Dark violet · ΔE 17.3Medium orchid · ΔE 25.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.8Slate blue · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5FD51
Analogous#5351FD, #FD51FB
Triadic#FDA951, #51FDA9
Split complementary#FBFD51, #51FD53
Tetradic#FD5351, #A5FD51, #51FBFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4E8FF
Lighter +20%#DBB6FE
Lighter +10%#C283FE
Darker −10%#901FFC
Darker −20%#7703E5
Darker −30%#5D02B3
Darker −40%#420181
More saturated +25%#A94FFF
Less saturated −25%#A867E7

Channel breakdown

R169
G81
B253
Red169 (66.3%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue270.7°
Saturation (HSL)97.73%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 51 · B FD

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