Recognised as Colour

#A78BD4

#A78BD4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A78BD4 is a violet with RGB values 167, 139, 212 and HSL 263°, 46%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#A78BD4

RGBrgb(167, 139, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5451, 0.8314

RGB percentages65.5%, 54.5%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(263, 45.9%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263, 34.4%, 83.1%)

CMYK21.2%, 34.4%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,980,308

CSS custom property--colour: #A78BD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.29:1

Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#58742B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A98D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8098D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Tritanopia#9F96A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.3 Medium purple · ΔE 21.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.4 Orchid · ΔE 30 Steel blue · ΔE 31.2 Slate blue · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8D48B

Analogous#8B93D4, #CC8BD4

Triadic#D4A78B, #8BD4A7

Split complementary#D4CB8B, #94D48B

Tetradic#D48B93, #B8D48B, #8BD4CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFBFD

Lighter +20%#DFD5F0

Lighter +10%#C3B0E2

Darker −10%#8B66C6

Darker −20%#6F43B6

Darker −30%#583690

Darker −40%#42286B

More saturated +25%#A277E8

Less saturated −25%#AC9FC0

Channel breakdown

R167

G139

B212

Red167 (65.5%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue263.01°

Saturation (HSL)45.91%

Lightness68.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A7 · G 8B · B D4

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Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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