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Colour

#A95FFF

  • #A95FFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A95FFF is a violet with RGB values 169, 95, 255 and HSL 268°, 100%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A95FFF#A95FFF
HEX#A95FFF
RGBrgb(169, 95, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.3725, 1
RGB percentages66.3%, 37.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(267.8, 100%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.8, 62.7%, 100%)
CMYK33.7%, 62.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,100,159
CSS custom property--colour: #A95FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#56A000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0085FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#2285FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9782A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 16Blue violet · ΔE 18.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.5Medium orchid · ΔE 21.3Dark violet · ΔE 23.2Slate blue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5FF5F
Analogous#5F65FF, #F95FFF
Triadic#FFA95F, #5FFFA9
Split complementary#FFF95F, #65FF5F
Tetradic#FF5F65, #B5FF5F, #5FFFF9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF8FF
Lighter +20%#E0C5FF
Lighter +10%#C492FF
Darker −10%#8E2CFF
Darker −20%#7300F8
Darker −30%#5B00C5
Darker −40%#440092
More saturated +25%#A95FFF
Less saturated −25%#AB73EB

Channel breakdown

R169
G95
B255
Red169 (66.3%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue267.75°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 5F · B FF

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