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Colour

#A57DED

  • #A57DED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A57DED is a violet with RGB values 165, 125, 237 and HSL 261°, 76%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A57DED#A57DED
HEX#A57DED
RGBrgb(165, 125, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.4902, 0.9294
RGB percentages64.7%, 49%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(261.4, 75.7%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.4, 47.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK30.4%, 47.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,845,677
CSS custom property--colour: #A57DED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28781WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.76:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#5A8212

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5992F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6291EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9692AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.7Slate blue · ΔE 16.8Medium orchid · ΔE 21.9Royal blue · ΔE 22.7Orchid · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5ED7D
Analogous#7D8DED, #DD7DED
Triadic#EDA57D, #7DEDA5
Split complementary#EDDD7D, #8DED7D
Tetradic#ED7D8D, #C5ED7D, #7DEDDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3D7F9
Lighter +10%#C4AAF3
Darker −10%#8650E7
Darker −20%#6723E1
Darker −30%#5219B8
Darker −40%#3E138B
More saturated +25%#A06BFF
Less saturated −25%#AA90DB

Channel breakdown

R165
G125
B237
Red165 (64.7%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue261.43°
Saturation (HSL)75.68%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 7D · B ED

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