Recognised as Colour

#A784BE

#A784BE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A784BE is a violet with RGB values 167, 132, 190 and HSL 276°, 31%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#A784BE

RGBrgb(167, 132, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5176, 0.7451

RGB percentages65.5%, 51.8%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(276.2, 30.9%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.2, 30.5%, 74.5%)

CMYK12.1%, 30.5%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,978,494

CSS custom property--colour: #A784BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.69:1

Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#587B41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A8FC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8292BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A58C99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.8 Thistle · ΔE 27.8 Medium purple · ΔE 28.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.4 Steel blue · ΔE 30.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9BBE84

Analogous#8A84BE, #BE84B8

Triadic#BEA784, #84BEA7

Split complementary#B8BE84, #84BE8A

Tetradic#BE8A84, #9BBE84, #84B8BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFE8F3

Lighter +20%#D7C7E1

Lighter +10%#BFA5D0

Darker −10%#8F63AC

Darker −20%#754C90

Darker −30%#5A3A6F

Darker −40%#3F294D

More saturated +25%#AC6DD5

Less saturated −25%#A29BA6

Channel breakdown

R167

G132

B190

Red167 (65.5%)

Green132 (51.8%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue276.21°

Saturation (HSL)30.85%

Lightness63.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A7 · G 84 · B BE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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