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Recognised as Colour

#AC03FF

  • #AC03FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#AC03FF is a violet with RGB values 172, 3, 255 and HSL 280°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#AC03FF#AC03FF
HEX#AC03FF
RGBrgb(172, 3, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.0118, 1
RGB percentages67.5%, 1.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(280.2, 100%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.2, 98.8%, 100%)
CMYK32.5%, 98.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,273,215
CSS custom property--colour: #AC03FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#53FC00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original
Deuteranopia#0070FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9D6096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 18.1Blue violet · ΔE 19.6Fuchsia · ΔE 28.2Magenta · ΔE 28.2Blue · ΔE 30Medium blue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 18.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56FF03
Analogous#2E03FF, #FF03D4
Triadic#FFAC03, #03FFAC
Split complementary#D4FF03, #03FF2E
Tetradic#FF2E03, #56FF03, #03D4FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFCFFF
Lighter +30%#DE9CFF
Lighter +20%#CE69FF
Lighter +10%#BD36FF
Darker −10%#8B00CF
Darker −20%#69009C
Darker −30%#460069
Darker −40%#240036
More saturated +25%#AC03FF
Less saturated −25%#A122E0

Channel breakdown

R172
G3
B255
Red172 (67.5%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue280.24°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AC · G 03 · B FF

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