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Recognised as Colour

#A74FE7

  • #A74FE7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A74FE7 is a violet with RGB values 167, 79, 231 and HSL 275°, 76%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A74FE7#A74FE7
HEX#A74FE7
RGBrgb(167, 79, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.3098, 0.9059
RGB percentages65.5%, 31%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(274.7, 76%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.7, 65.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK27.7%, 65.8%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,964,967
CSS custom property--colour: #A74FE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#58B018

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#2E7BE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9D6F95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9Medium orchid · ΔE 15.5Blue violet · ΔE 17.4Dark violet · ΔE 20.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.8Slate blue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FE74F
Analogous#5B4FE7, #E74FDB
Triadic#E7A74F, #4FE7A7
Split complementary#DBE74F, #4FE75B
Tetradic#E75B4F, #8FE74F, #4FDBE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAD6F9
Lighter +20%#D4A9F3
Lighter +10%#BD7CED
Darker −10%#9122E1
Darker −20%#7419B7
Darker −30%#58138A
Darker −40%#3B0D5D
More saturated +25%#AB37FF
Less saturated −25%#A368CE

Channel breakdown

R167
G79
B231
Red167 (65.5%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue274.74°
Saturation (HSL)76%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 4F · B E7

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