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Recognised as Colour

#A953FE

  • #A953FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#A953FE is a violet with RGB values 169, 83, 254 and HSL 270°, 99%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A953FE#A953FE
HEX#A953FE
RGBrgb(169, 83, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.3255, 0.9961
RGB percentages66.3%, 32.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(270.2, 98.8%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.2, 67.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK33.5%, 67.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,097,086
CSS custom property--colour: #A953FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21777WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#56AC01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Deuteranopia#0080FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Tritanopia#987AA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.9Dark orchid · ΔE 15.4Dark violet · ΔE 18Medium orchid · ΔE 24.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.1Slate blue · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8FE53
Analogous#5353FE, #FE53FE
Triadic#FEA953, #53FEA9
Split complementary#FDFE53, #53FE54
Tetradic#FE5453, #A8FE53, #53FEFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5EBFF
Lighter +20%#DCB8FF
Lighter +10%#C286FE
Darker −10%#9020FE
Darker −20%#7601EA
Darker −30%#5D01B7
Darker −40%#430184
More saturated +25%#A952FF
Less saturated −25%#A969E8

Channel breakdown

R169
G83
B254
Red169 (66.3%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue270.18°
Saturation (HSL)98.84%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 53 · B FE

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