#a333aa Color Information

#a333aa Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #a333aa. In RGB, it consists of 63.9% Red, 20.0% Green, and 66.7% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 4.1% Cyan, 70% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 33.3% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 296.5°, with saturation of 53.8% and lightness of 43.3%. The decimal value for #a333aa is 10695594, and its nearest "web safe" color is #993399. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #a333aa is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#a333aa Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color163, 51, 170 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color63.9%, 20.0%, 66.7% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.361, 0.800, 0.333 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.041, 0.7, 0, 0.333 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color296.5°, 53.8%, 43.3% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color296.5°, 70.0%, 66.7% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color23.544, 13.056, 39.309 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color163, 51, 170 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code10695594 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color42.848, 60.358, -40.948 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)42.848, 72.937, 325.846 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color42.848, 45.312, -66.830 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color36.134, 53.072, -39.207 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.310, 0.172, 13.056 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4288885674 / 0xffa333aa Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#993399 Copy
Last Updated: December 13, 2024

Shades of #a333aa

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #a333aa, its pure hue is 296.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 53.8%, and its lightness is 43.3%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #a333aa, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #140615 to #8f2d95.

Tints of #a333aa

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #a333aa, its pure hue is 296.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 53.8%, and its lightness is 43.3%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #a333aa, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #af4db5 to #f4e6f4.

Tones of #a333aa

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #a333aa, its pure hue is 296.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 53.8%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #a333aa, which range from #6f6f6f (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #d000dd (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #a333aa

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #a333aa! For #a333aa, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #a333aa. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #a333aa

This color, #a333aa, consists of 63.9% Red, 20.0% Green, and 66.7% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 163, Green = 51, Blue = 170. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #a333aa is 4.1% Cyan, 70% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 33.3% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R63.9%
C4.1%
G20.0%
M70.0%
B66.7%
Y0.0%
K33.3%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 163 51 170
Octal 243 63 252
Hexa #a3 #33 #aa
Binary 10100011 00110011 10101010
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 4 70 0 33
Octal 4 106 0 41
Hexa #04 #46 #00 #21
Binary 00000100 01000110 00000000 00100001

Analogous Colors of #a333aa

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #a333aa — which has hue 296.5° — its analogous colors are located at 266.5° and 326.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a333aa.

Triadic Colors of #a333aa

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #a333aa — which has hue 296.5° — its triadic colors are located at 56.5° and 296.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a333aa.

Complementary Color of #a333aa

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #a333aa — which has hue 296.5° — its complementary color is located at 116.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a333aa.

Split Complementary Colors of #a333aa

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #a333aa — which has hue 296.5° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 86.5° and 296.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a333aa.

Tetradic Colors of #a333aa

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #a333aa — which has hue 296.5° — its tetradic colors are located at 206.5°, 296.5°, 26.5°, and 116.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a333aa.

Monochromatic Colors of #a333aa

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #a333aa, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #462648 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #e261ea (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #a333aa

We want to make getting started with #a333aa on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #a333aa into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #a333aa can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #a333aa with other HTML elements.

#a333aa Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #a333aa.
<span style="color: #a333aa;">The color of this text is #a333aa.</span>

#a333aa Background Color

The background color for this text is #a333aa.
<div style="background-color: #a333aa; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #a333aa.</div>

#a333aa Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #a333aa.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #a333aa;">This color for the shadow of this text is #a333aa.</span>

#a333aa Border Color

This is a div with border color #a333aa.
<div style="border: #a333aa 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #a333aa.</div>

#a333aa Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #a333aa on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a333aa; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a333aa on a white background.</div></div>

#a333aa Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #a333aa on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a333aa; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a333aa on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #a333aa to White

This is a gradient from #a333aa to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a333aa,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a333aa,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a333aa,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a333aa,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a333aa to white.</div>

Gradient from #a333aa to Black

This is a gradient from #a333aa to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a333aa,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a333aa,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a333aa,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a333aa,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a333aa to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #a333aa

In addition to using #a333aa on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #a333aa in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #a333aa, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 163, Green = 51, Blue = 170). If you need details about the color coordinates of #a333aa in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #a333aa
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(163, 51, 170)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #a333aa; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #a333aa; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #a333aa; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(163, 51, 170);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#a333aa")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:163, green:51, blue:170, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:163 green:51 blue:170 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(163f, 51f, 170f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(163, 51, 170);
 

#a333aa Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #a333aa the same way. For those with color blindness, #a333aa might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #a333aa looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #a333aa is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #a333aa looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #a333aa will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #a333aa is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 5.8:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #a333aa would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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