#A016DB

A medium, vivid purple closely aligning with Darkviolet.

About #A016DB

Visually, #A016DB is defined as a vivid purple. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darkviolet. In the RGB color space, it consists of 160 red, 22 green, and 219 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 27% cyan and 90% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 282.0° hue, 81.7% saturation, and 47.3% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A016DB
RGB160, 22, 219
HSL282.0°, 81.7%, 47.3%
CMYK27%, 90%, 0%, 14%
HSV282.0°, 90.0%, 85.9%
LAB43.0, 76.6, -69.3
XYZ27.6, 13.2, 68.1
Decimal10491611

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.78:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.63:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
5.53:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
3.09:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A016DB; }
.text-color { color: #A016DB; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A016DB; }

Similar Colors

Darkviolet
#9400D3