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Recognised as Colour

#A679DE

  • #A679DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A679DE is a violet with RGB values 166, 121, 222 and HSL 267°, 60%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A679DE#A679DE
HEX#A679DE
RGBrgb(166, 121, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.4745, 0.8706
RGB percentages65.1%, 47.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(266.7, 60.5%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.7, 45.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK25.2%, 45.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,910,174
CSS custom property--colour: #A679DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.41:1
Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#598621

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D8DE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#688EDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#9C8AA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.4Slate blue · ΔE 18.6Orchid · ΔE 21.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.6Medium orchid · ΔE 22.3Violet · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1DE79
Analogous#797FDE, #D979DE
Triadic#DEA679, #79DEA6
Split complementary#DED979, #7FDE79
Tetradic#DE797E, #B1DE79, #79DED9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F4FC
Lighter +20%#DCCBF2
Lighter +10%#C1A2E8
Darker −10%#8B50D4
Darker −20%#7130C1
Darker −30%#592698
Darker −40%#411B70
More saturated +25%#A464F3
Less saturated −25%#A88EC9

Channel breakdown

R166
G121
B222
Red166 (65.1%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue266.73°
Saturation (HSL)60.48%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G 79 · B DE

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