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Recognised as Colour

#A757D2

  • #A757D2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A757D2 is a violet with RGB values 167, 87, 210 and HSL 279°, 58%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A757D2#A757D2
HEX#A757D2
RGBrgb(167, 87, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.3412, 0.8235
RGB percentages65.5%, 34.1%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(279, 57.7%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279, 58.6%, 82.4%)
CMYK20.5%, 58.6%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,966,994
CSS custom property--colour: #A757D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.94:1
Contrast with white4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#58A82D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2E77D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E7CCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A26D8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 6.9Medium purple · ΔE 16.8Dark orchid · ΔE 17.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.3Slate blue · ΔE 19.7Orchid · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 6.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82D257
Analogous#6957D2, #D257BF
Triadic#D2A757, #57D2A7
Split complementary#C0D257, #57D269
Tetradic#D26957, #82D257, #57C0D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF8FD
Lighter +30%#E6D0F2
Lighter +20%#D1A7E8
Lighter +10%#BC7FDD
Darker −10%#9034C2
Darker −20%#72299A
Darker −30%#551E72
Darker −40%#371449
More saturated +25%#AF3CED
Less saturated −25%#9F72B7

Channel breakdown

R167
G87
B210
Red167 (65.5%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue279.02°
Saturation (HSL)57.75%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 57 · B D2

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