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Recognised as Colour

#A78EE7

  • #A78EE7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A78EE7 is a violet with RGB values 167, 142, 231 and HSL 257°, 65%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A78EE7#A78EE7
HEX#A78EE7
RGBrgb(167, 142, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6549, 0.5569, 0.9059
RGB percentages65.5%, 55.7%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(256.9, 65%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.9, 38.5%, 90.6%)
CMYK27.7%, 38.5%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,981,095
CSS custom property--colour: #A78EE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.67:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#587118

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#769DEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#799BE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9A9DB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.4Plum · ΔE 22.1Slate blue · ΔE 26.2Orchid · ΔE 28.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEE78E
Analogous#8EA2E7, #D38EE7
Triadic#E7A78E, #8EE7A7
Split complementary#E7D48E, #A2E78E
Tetradic#E78EA2, #CEE78E, #8EE7D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E2F9
Lighter +10%#C8B8F0
Darker −10%#8664DE
Darker −20%#653AD5
Darker −30%#4F27B5
Darker −40%#3C1E8B
More saturated +25%#9F7DF8
Less saturated −25%#AF9FD6

Channel breakdown

R167
G142
B231
Red167 (65.5%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue256.85°
Saturation (HSL)64.96%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A7 · G 8E · B E7

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