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Recognised as Colour

#A75FD7

  • #A75FD7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A75FD7 is a violet with RGB values 167, 95, 215 and HSL 276°, 60%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A75FD7#A75FD7
HEX#A75FD7
RGBrgb(167, 95, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.3725, 0.8431
RGB percentages65.5%, 37.3%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(276, 60%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 55.8%, 84.3%)
CMYK22.3%, 55.8%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,969,047
CSS custom property--colour: #A75FD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.26:1
Contrast with white3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#58A028

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#387CDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5380D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Tritanopia#A17592no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.3Medium purple · ΔE 13.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.6Slate blue · ΔE 17.9Orchid · ΔE 19.3Dark orchid · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FD75F
Analogous#6B5FD7, #D75FCB
Triadic#D7A75F, #5FD7A7
Split complementary#CBD75F, #5FD76B
Tetradic#D76B5F, #8FD75F, #5FCBD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAD9F6
Lighter +20%#D4B1EB
Lighter +10%#BD88E1
Darker −10%#9136CD
Darker −20%#742AA6
Darker −30%#581F7E
Darker −40%#3B1555
More saturated +25%#AC46F0
Less saturated −25%#A278BE

Channel breakdown

R167
G95
B215
Red167 (65.5%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 5F · B D7

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