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Recognised as Colour

#A78CC6

  • #A78CC6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A78CC6 is a violet with RGB values 167, 140, 198 and HSL 268°, 34%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A78CC6#A78CC6
HEX#A78CC6
RGBrgb(167, 140, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.549, 0.7765
RGB percentages65.5%, 54.9%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(267.9, 33.7%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.9, 29.3%, 77.6%)
CMYK15.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,980,550
CSS custom property--colour: #A78CC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.21:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#587339

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8196C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8697C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#A394A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16Thistle · ΔE 25.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.1Steel blue · ΔE 28.1Light slate grey · ΔE 29Medium purple · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABC68C
Analogous#8C8EC6, #C48CC6
Triadic#C6A78C, #8CC6A7
Split complementary#C6C48C, #8EC68C
Tetradic#C68C8E, #ABC68C, #8CC6C4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F2F9
Lighter +20%#DBD0E8
Lighter +10%#C1AED7
Darker −10%#8D6AB5
Darker −20%#734E9E
Darker −30%#5A3D7C
Darker −40%#412C5A
More saturated +25%#A677DC
Less saturated −25%#A8A2B1

Channel breakdown

R167
G140
B198
Red167 (65.5%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue267.93°
Saturation (HSL)33.72%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 8C · B C6

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