Recognised as Colour

#A75CB9

#A75CB9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#A75CB9 is a violet with RGB values 167, 92, 185 and HSL 288°, 40%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#A75CB9

RGBrgb(167, 92, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.3608, 0.7255

RGB percentages65.5%, 36.1%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(288.4, 39.9%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.4, 50.3%, 72.5%)

CMYK9.7%, 50.3%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,968,249

CSS custom property--colour: #A75CB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#737373

Inverted#58A346

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C75BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#637CB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A86982no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 15.4 Medium purple · ΔE 16.4 Medium orchid · ΔE 17.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.2 Violet · ΔE 21.6 Slate blue · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 15.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6EB95C

Analogous#795CB9, #B95C9C

Triadic#B9A75C, #5CB9A7

Split complementary#9DB95C, #5CB978

Tetradic#B9785C, #6EB95C, #5C9DB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F4EBF6

Lighter +30%#E1C7E7

Lighter +20%#CEA3D8

Lighter +10%#BA80C8

Darker −10%#8D449E

Darker −20%#6D357A

Darker −30%#4D2557

Darker −40%#2D1633

More saturated +25%#B93FD6

Less saturated −25%#95799C

Channel breakdown

R167

G92

B185

Red167 (65.5%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue288.39°

Saturation (HSL)39.91%

Lightness54.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A7 · G 5C · B B9

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