Recognised as Colour

#A76AC9

#A76AC9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A76AC9 is a violet with RGB values 167, 106, 201 and HSL 279°, 47%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A76AC9#A76AC9

HEX#A76AC9

RGBrgb(167, 106, 201)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.4157, 0.7882

RGB percentages65.5%, 41.6%, 78.8%

HSLhsl(278.5, 46.8%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.5, 47.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK16.9%, 47.3%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,971,849

CSS custom property--colour: #A76AC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.55:1

Contrast with white3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#589536

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5580CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6685C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A47990no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11 Orchid · ΔE 17.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 19.3 Slate blue · ΔE 20.8 Violet · ΔE 21.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8CC96A

Analogous#776AC9, #C96ABC

Triadic#C9A76A, #6AC9A7

Split complementary#BCC96A, #6AC977

Tetradic#C9776A, #8CC96A, #6ABCC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E9DAF2

Lighter +20%#D3B5E4

Lighter +10%#BD8FD7

Darker −10%#9145BB

Darker −20%#743796

Darker −30%#572971

Darker −40%#3A1B4C

More saturated +25%#AE51E2

Less saturated −25%#A083B0

Channel breakdown

R167

G106

B201

Red167 (65.5%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue201 (78.8%)

Hue278.53°

Saturation (HSL)46.8%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A7 · G 6A · B C9

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