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Recognised as Colour

#A779BC

  • #A779BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A779BC is a violet with RGB values 167, 121, 188 and HSL 281°, 33%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A779BC#A779BC
HEX#A779BC
RGBrgb(167, 121, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.4745, 0.7373
RGB percentages65.5%, 47.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(281.2, 33.3%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.2, 35.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK11.2%, 35.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,975,676
CSS custom property--colour: #A779BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.1:1
Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#588643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E88BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#798CBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A68292no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.2Medium purple · ΔE 23Orchid · ΔE 26.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.9Violet · ΔE 30.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EBC79
Analogous#8679BC, #BC79B0
Triadic#BCA779, #79BCA7
Split complementary#B0BC79, #79BC85
Tetradic#BC8579, #8EBC79, #79B0BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EADFEF
Lighter +20%#D4BDDE
Lighter +10%#BD9BCD
Darker −10%#9157AB
Darker −20%#74458A
Darker −30%#583468
Darker −40%#3B2346
More saturated +25%#B060D5
Less saturated −25%#9E92A3

Channel breakdown

R167
G121
B188
Red167 (65.5%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue281.19°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 79 · B BC

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