Recognised as Colour

#A177BF

#A177BF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A177BF is a violet with RGB values 161, 119, 191 and HSL 275°, 36%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A177BF#A177BF

HEX#A177BF

RGBrgb(161, 119, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.4667, 0.749

RGB percentages63.1%, 46.7%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(275, 36%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275, 37.7%, 74.9%)

CMYK15.7%, 37.7%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,581,951

CSS custom property--colour: #A177BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.91:1

Contrast with white3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#5E8840

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6986C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7389BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9E8192no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.4 Medium purple · ΔE 19.8 Orchid · ΔE 26.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.2 Slate blue · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#95BF77

Analogous#7D77BF, #BF77B9

Triadic#BFA177, #77BFA1

Split complementary#B9BF77, #77BF7D

Tetradic#BF7D77, #95BF77, #77B9BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E9DFF0

Lighter +20%#D1BCE0

Lighter +10%#B99ACF

Darker −10%#8954AF

Darker −20%#6E438D

Darker −30%#53326B

Darker −40%#382248

More saturated +25%#A55ED8

Less saturated −25%#9D90A6

Channel breakdown

R161

G119

B191

Red161 (63.1%)

Green119 (46.7%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue275°

Saturation (HSL)36%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A1 · G 77 · B BF

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