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Recognised as Colour

#A27DED

  • #A27DED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A27DED is a violet with RGB values 162, 125, 237 and HSL 260°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A27DED#A27DED
HEX#A27DED
RGBrgb(162, 125, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.4902, 0.9294
RGB percentages63.5%, 49%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(259.8, 75.7%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.8, 47.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK31.6%, 47.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,649,069
CSS custom property--colour: #A27DED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28463WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.69:1
Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#5D8212

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5892F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6090EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9292AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 5.6Slate blue · ΔE 16.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.3Royal blue · ΔE 21.8Medium orchid · ΔE 22.6Orchid · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 5.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8ED7D
Analogous#7D90ED, #DA7DED
Triadic#EDA27D, #7DEDA2
Split complementary#EDDA7D, #90ED7D
Tetradic#ED7D90, #C8ED7D, #7DEDDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2D7F9
Lighter +10%#C2AAF3
Darker −10%#8250E7
Darker −20%#6223E1
Darker −30%#4E19B8
Darker −40%#3B138B
More saturated +25%#9C6BFF
Less saturated −25%#A890DB

Channel breakdown

R162
G125
B237
Red162 (63.5%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue259.82°
Saturation (HSL)75.68%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A2 · G 7D · B ED

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