Recognised as Colour

#A17FD4

#A17FD4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A17FD4 is a violet with RGB values 161, 127, 212 and HSL 264°, 50%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#A17FD4

RGBrgb(161, 127, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.6314, 0.498, 0.8314

RGB percentages63.1%, 49.8%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(264, 49.7%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264, 40.1%, 83.1%)

CMYK24.1%, 40.1%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,584,020

CSS custom property--colour: #A17FD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.5:1

Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#5E802B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A8FD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#708FD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Tritanopia#988D9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 13.6 Plum · ΔE 22.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.5 Slate blue · ΔE 24.2 Orchid · ΔE 25.6 Violet · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B2D47F

Analogous#7F88D4, #CC7FD4

Triadic#D4A17F, #7FD4A1

Split complementary#D4CB7F, #88D47F

Tetradic#D47F88, #B2D47F, #7FD4CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F2FA

Lighter +20%#D9CBEE

Lighter +10%#BDA5E1

Darker −10%#8559C7

Darker −20%#6B3CB1

Darker −30%#542F8B

Darker −40%#3D2265

More saturated +25%#9D6AE9

Less saturated −25%#A594BF

Channel breakdown

R161

G127

B212

Red161 (63.1%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue264°

Saturation (HSL)49.71%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A1 · G 7F · B D4

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Colour values

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