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Recognised as Colour

#A77CFB

  • #A77CFB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A77CFB is a violet with RGB values 167, 124, 251 and HSL 260°, 94%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A77CFB#A77CFB
HEX#A77CFB
RGBrgb(167, 124, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.4863, 0.9843
RGB percentages65.5%, 48.6%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(260.3, 94.1%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 50.6%, 98.4%)
CMYK33.5%, 50.6%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,976,507
CSS custom property--colour: #A77CFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.92:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#588304

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D95FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5792F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9495B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.1Slate blue · ΔE 17.5Medium orchid · ΔE 20.4Royal blue · ΔE 22.9Violet · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0FB7C
Analogous#7C90FB, #E77CFB
Triadic#FBA77C, #7CFBA7
Split complementary#FBE77C, #90FB7C
Tetradic#FB7C90, #D0FB7C, #7CFBE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9DFFE
Lighter +10%#C8ADFD
Darker −10%#864BF9
Darker −20%#6519F8
Darker −30%#4D07D7
Darker −40%#3C05A6
More saturated +25%#A678FF
Less saturated −25%#AC8DEA

Channel breakdown

R167
G124
B251
Red167 (65.5%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue260.31°
Saturation (HSL)94.07%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 7C · B FB

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