Recognised as Colour

#A27FD3

#A27FD3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A27FD3 is a violet with RGB values 162, 127, 211 and HSL 265°, 49%, 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

#A27FD3#A27FD3

HEX#A27FD3

RGBrgb(162, 127, 211)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.498, 0.8275

RGB percentages63.5%, 49.8%, 82.7%

HSLhsl(265, 48.8%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265, 39.8%, 82.7%)

CMYK23.2%, 39.8%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,649,555

CSS custom property--colour: #A27FD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27563WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.51:1

Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#5D802C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A8FD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#728FD1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original

Tritanopia#9A8D9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.1 Plum · ΔE 21.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.9 Slate blue · ΔE 24.7 Orchid · ΔE 25.4 Violet · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B0D37F

Analogous#7F86D3, #CC7FD3

Triadic#D3A27F, #7FD3A2

Split complementary#D3CC7F, #86D37F

Tetradic#D37F86, #B0D37F, #7FD3CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F1FA

Lighter +20%#D9CBED

Lighter +10%#BEA5E0

Darker −10%#8659C6

Darker −20%#6C3CB0

Darker −30%#552F8A

Darker −40%#3E2264

More saturated +25%#9E69E8

Less saturated −25%#A694BD

Channel breakdown

R162

G127

B211

Red162 (63.5%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue211 (82.7%)

Hue265°

Saturation (HSL)48.84%

Lightness66.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G 7F · B D3

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Colour values

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