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Recognised as Colour

#A77DC5

  • #A77DC5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A77DC5 is a violet with RGB values 167, 125, 197 and HSL 275°, 38%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A77DC5#A77DC5
HEX#A77DC5
RGBrgb(167, 125, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.4902, 0.7725
RGB percentages65.5%, 49%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(275, 38.3%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275, 36.5%, 77.3%)
CMYK15.2%, 36.5%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,976,709
CSS custom property--colour: #A77DC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.38:1
Contrast with white3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.38:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#58823A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F8CC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#798FC3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A48798no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.5Medium purple · ΔE 20.4Orchid · ΔE 25.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.4Violet · ΔE 29.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BC57D
Analogous#837DC5, #C57DBF
Triadic#C5A77D, #7DC5A7
Split complementary#BFC57D, #7DC583
Tetradic#C5837D, #9BC57D, #7DBFC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFE7F4
Lighter +20%#D7C4E4
Lighter +10%#BFA0D5
Darker −10%#8F5AB5
Darker −20%#754498
Darker −30%#5A3475
Darker −40%#3F2452
More saturated +25%#AB66DD
Less saturated −25%#A394AD

Channel breakdown

R167
G125
B197
Red167 (65.5%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue275°
Saturation (HSL)38.3%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 7D · B C5

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