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Recognised as Colour

#A783EE

  • #A783EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A783EE is a violet with RGB values 167, 131, 238 and HSL 260°, 76%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A783EE#A783EE
HEX#A783EE
RGBrgb(167, 131, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5137, 0.9333
RGB percentages65.5%, 51.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(260.2, 75.9%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.2, 45%, 93.3%)
CMYK29.8%, 45%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,978,286
CSS custom property--colour: #A783EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30621WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.12:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#587C11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6297F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6995EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9896ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.3Slate blue · ΔE 18.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.8Royal blue · ΔE 23.7Orchid · ΔE 24.2Medium orchid · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAEE83
Analogous#8394EE, #DD83EE
Triadic#EEA783, #83EEA7
Split complementary#EEDD83, #94EE83
Tetradic#EE8394, #CAEE83, #83EEDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7DDFA
Lighter +10%#C7B0F4
Darker −10%#8756E8
Darker −20%#6729E2
Darker −30%#511ABE
Darker −40%#3E1491
More saturated +25%#A172FF
Less saturated −25%#AD95DC

Channel breakdown

R167
G131
B238
Red167 (65.5%)
Green131 (51.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue260.19°
Saturation (HSL)75.89%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 83 · B EE

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