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Colour

#A784ED

  • #A784ED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A784ED is a violet with RGB values 167, 132, 237 and HSL 260°, 74%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A784ED#A784ED
HEX#A784ED
RGBrgb(167, 132, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5176, 0.9294
RGB percentages65.5%, 51.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(260, 74.5%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 44.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK29.5%, 44.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,978,541
CSS custom property--colour: #A784ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.17:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#587B12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6497F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B96EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9897ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.8Slate blue · ΔE 19.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.7Royal blue · ΔE 24.1Orchid · ΔE 24.4Violet · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAED84
Analogous#8496ED, #DC84ED
Triadic#EDA784, #84EDA7
Split complementary#EDDC84, #96ED84
Tetradic#ED8496, #CAED84, #84EDDC

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%#8758E6
Darker −20%#672BE0
Darker −30%#511CBC
Darker −40%#3E1590
More saturated +25%#A172FF
Less saturated −25%#AD96DB

Channel breakdown

R167
G132
B237
Red167 (65.5%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)74.47%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 84 · B ED

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