Recognised as Colour

#A76DBE

#A76DBE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A76DBE is a violet with RGB values 167, 109, 190 and HSL 283°, 38%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#A76DBE

RGBrgb(167, 109, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.4275, 0.7451

RGB percentages65.5%, 42.7%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(283, 38.4%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283, 42.6%, 74.5%)

CMYK12.1%, 42.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,972,606

CSS custom property--colour: #A76DBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.57:1

Contrast with white3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#589241

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F80C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E85BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A6788Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 16.6 Orchid · ΔE 19.7 Plum · ΔE 22.3 Violet · ΔE 24.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 25.9 Slate blue · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 16.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#84BE6D

Analogous#7E6DBE, #BE6DAD

Triadic#BEA76D, #6DBEA7

Split complementary#ADBE6D, #6DBE7E

Tetradic#BE7E6D, #84BE6D, #6DADBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFAFD

Lighter +30%#E7D7ED

Lighter +20%#D2B4DD

Lighter +10%#BC90CE

Darker −10%#914CAC

Darker −20%#733D88

Darker −30%#552D65

Darker −40%#371D42

More saturated +25%#B253D8

Less saturated −25%#9C87A4

Channel breakdown

R167

G109

B190

Red167 (65.5%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue282.96°

Saturation (HSL)38.39%

Lightness58.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A7 · G 6D · B BE

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