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Recognised as Colour

#A779F3

  • #A779F3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A779F3 is a violet with RGB values 167, 121, 243 and HSL 263°, 84%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A779F3#A779F3
HEX#A779F3
RGBrgb(167, 121, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.4745, 0.9529
RGB percentages65.5%, 47.5%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(262.6, 83.6%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.6, 50.2%, 95.3%)
CMYK31.3%, 50.2%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,975,731
CSS custom property--colour: #A779F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28361WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.67:1
Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#58860C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E91F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A90F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9790ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.2Slate blue · ΔE 16.6Medium orchid · ΔE 19.1Royal blue · ΔE 23.1Orchid · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5F379
Analogous#7988F3, #E479F3
Triadic#F3A779, #79F3A7
Split complementary#F3E479, #88F379
Tetradic#F37988, #C5F379, #79F3E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4D7FB
Lighter +10%#C6A8F7
Darker −10%#884AEF
Darker −20%#6A1BEB
Darker −30%#5411C2
Darker −40%#400D93
More saturated +25%#A46DFF
Less saturated −25%#AB8BE1

Channel breakdown

R167
G121
B243
Red167 (65.5%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue262.62°
Saturation (HSL)83.56%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 79 · B F3

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