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Recognised as Colour

#A789CF

  • #A789CF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A789CF is a violet with RGB values 167, 137, 207 and HSL 266°, 42%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A789CF#A789CF
HEX#A789CF
RGBrgb(167, 137, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5373, 0.8118
RGB percentages65.5%, 53.7%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(265.7, 42.2%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.7, 33.8%, 81.2%)
CMYK19.3%, 33.8%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,979,791
CSS custom property--colour: #A789CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.7 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#949494
Inverted#587630

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A96D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8096CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A194A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 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

Plum · ΔE 16.6Medium purple · ΔE 22.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.6Orchid · ΔE 30.1Steel blue · ΔE 30.9Thistle · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1CF89
Analogous#898ECF, #CA89CF
Triadic#CFA789, #89CFA7
Split complementary#CFCA89, #8ECF89
Tetradic#CF898E, #B1CF89, #89CFCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F6FB
Lighter +20%#DDD2EC
Lighter +10%#C2ADDE
Darker −10%#8C65C0
Darker −20%#7246AC
Darker −30%#5A3788
Darker −40%#422864
More saturated +25%#A474E4
Less saturated −25%#AA9EBA

Channel breakdown

R167
G137
B207
Red167 (65.5%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue265.71°
Saturation (HSL)42.17%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 89 · B CF

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