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Recognised as Colour

#A77FEA

  • #A77FEA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A77FEA is a violet with RGB values 167, 127, 234 and HSL 262°, 72%, 71%. 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

#A77FEA#A77FEA
HEX#A77FEA
RGBrgb(167, 127, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.498, 0.9176
RGB percentages65.5%, 49.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(262.4, 71.8%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.4, 45.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK28.6%, 45.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,977,258
CSS custom property--colour: #A77FEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29335WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.87:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#588015

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F93EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6893E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Tritanopia#9A92A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.3Slate blue · ΔE 18.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.3Orchid · ΔE 23Medium orchid · ΔE 23Royal blue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2EA7F
Analogous#7F8CEA, #DC7FEA
Triadic#EAA77F, #7FEAA7
Split complementary#EADC7F, #8CEA7F
Tetradic#EA7F8C, #C2EA7F, #7FEADC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3D7F8
Lighter +10%#C5ABF1
Darker −10%#8953E3
Darker −20%#6B27DC
Darker −30%#551DB3
Darker −40%#401687
More saturated +25%#A26CFD
Less saturated −25%#AC92D7

Channel breakdown

R167
G127
B234
Red167 (65.5%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue262.43°
Saturation (HSL)71.81%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 7F · B EA

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