Recognised as Colour

#A769BB

#A769BB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A769BB is a violet with RGB values 167, 105, 187 and HSL 285°, 38%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#A769BB

RGBrgb(167, 105, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.4118, 0.7333

RGB percentages65.5%, 41.2%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(285.4, 37.6%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285.4, 43.9%, 73.3%)

CMYK10.7%, 43.9%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,971,579

CSS custom property--colour: #A769BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21906WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.38:1

Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#589644

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B7DBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C83B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A77489no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 16.9 Orchid · ΔE 18.7 Plum · ΔE 23.4 Violet · ΔE 23.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 24.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 16.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7DBB69

Analogous#7E69BB, #BB69A6

Triadic#BBA769, #69BBA7

Split complementary#A6BB69, #69BB7E

Tetradic#BB7E69, #7DBB69, #69A6BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F5FB

Lighter +30%#E5D2EB

Lighter +20%#D0AFDB

Lighter +10%#BC8CCB

Darker −10%#904BA6

Darker −20%#713B83

Darker −30%#532B60

Darker −40%#341B3D

More saturated +25%#B54ED6

Less saturated −25%#9984A0

Channel breakdown

R167

G105

B187

Red167 (65.5%)

Green105 (41.2%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue285.37°

Saturation (HSL)37.61%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A7 · G 69 · B BB

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