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Recognised as Colour

#A77EC3

  • #A77EC3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A77EC3 is a violet with RGB values 167, 126, 195 and HSL 276°, 37%, 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

#A77EC3#A77EC3
HEX#A77EC3
RGBrgb(167, 126, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.4941, 0.7647
RGB percentages65.5%, 49.4%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(275.7, 36.5%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 35.4%, 76.5%)
CMYK14.4%, 35.4%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,976,963
CSS custom property--colour: #A77EC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.42:1
Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#58813C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#718CC6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B8FC1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A48898no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.8Medium purple · ΔE 22Orchid · ΔE 27.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.6Violet · ΔE 30.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AC37E
Analogous#857EC3, #C37EBC
Triadic#C3A77E, #7EC3A7
Split complementary#BCC37E, #7EC385
Tetradic#C3857E, #9AC37E, #7EBCC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEE6F4
Lighter +20%#D6C4E3
Lighter +10%#BFA1D3
Darker −10%#8F5BB3
Darker −20%#754695
Darker −30%#5A3573
Darker −40%#3F2550
More saturated +25%#AB66DB
Less saturated −25%#A396AB

Channel breakdown

R167
G126
B195
Red167 (65.5%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue275.65°
Saturation (HSL)36.51%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 7E · B C3

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