Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#A757AA

  • #A757AA
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#A757AA is a magenta with RGB values 167, 87, 170 and HSL 298°, 33%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#A757AA#A757AA
HEX#A757AA
RGBrgb(167, 87, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.3412, 0.6667
RGB percentages65.5%, 34.1%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(297.8, 32.8%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(297.8, 48.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK1.8%, 48.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,966,954
CSS custom property--colour: #A757AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#58A855

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E6FADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6679A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AB6079no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 17.3Medium purple · ΔE 21.9Medium orchid · ΔE 22.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.5Violet · ΔE 24Purple · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 17.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5AAA57
Analogous#7E57AA, #AA5783
Triadic#AAA757, #57AAA7
Split complementary#83AA57, #57AA7E
Tetradic#AA7E57, #5AAA57, #5783AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEDEEF
Lighter +30%#DCBDDD
Lighter +20%#CA9BCC
Lighter +10%#B979BB
Darker −10%#864589
Darker −20%#653467
Darker −30%#442345
Darker −40%#231223
More saturated +25%#C437CA
Less saturated −25%#8A778A

Channel breakdown

R167
G87
B170
Red167 (65.5%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue297.83°
Saturation (HSL)32.81%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 57 · B AA

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “a757aa” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.