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Recognised as Colour

#A77CEC

  • #A77CEC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A77CEC is a violet with RGB values 167, 124, 236 and HSL 263°, 75%, 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

#A77CEC#A77CEC
HEX#A77CEC
RGBrgb(167, 124, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.4863, 0.9255
RGB percentages65.5%, 48.6%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(263, 74.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263, 47.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK29.2%, 47.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,976,492
CSS custom property--colour: #A77CEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.74:1
Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#588313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5992F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6391E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9991A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 17Slate blue · ΔE 17.1Medium orchid · ΔE 21Orchid · ΔE 22.8Royal blue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1EC7C
Analogous#7C89EC, #DF7CEC
Triadic#ECA77C, #7CECA7
Split complementary#ECDF7C, #89EC7C
Tetradic#EC7C89, #C1EC7C, #7CECDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3D5F9
Lighter +10%#C5A9F2
Darker −10%#894FE6
Darker −20%#6B23DF
Darker −30%#561AB5
Darker −40%#401488
More saturated +25%#A369FF
Less saturated −25%#AB8FD9

Channel breakdown

R167
G124
B236
Red167 (65.5%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue263.04°
Saturation (HSL)74.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 7C · B EC

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