Recognised as Colour

#A847FC

#A847FC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#A847FC is a violet with RGB values 168, 71, 252 and HSL 272°, 97%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#A847FC#A847FC

HEX#A847FC

RGBrgb(168, 71, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.2784, 0.9882

RGB percentages65.9%, 27.8%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(272.2, 96.8%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.2, 71.8%, 98.8%)

CMYK33.3%, 71.8%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,028,476

CSS custom property--colour: #A847FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1

Contrast with white4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#57B803

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0079FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#007BF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original

Tritanopia#98739Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.5 Dark violet · ΔE 14.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 16.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 28.6 Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.1 Medium blue · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9BFC47

Analogous#4D47FC, #FC47F6

Triadic#FCA847, #47FCA8

Split complementary#F6FC47, #47FC4D

Tetradic#FC4D47, #9BFC47, #47F6FC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFDEFE

Lighter +20%#D7ABFE

Lighter +10%#C079FD

Darker −10%#9015FB

Darker −20%#7604D9

Darker −30%#5B03A7

Darker −40%#400275

More saturated +25%#A844FF

Less saturated −25%#A65EE5

Channel breakdown

R168

G71

B252

Red168 (65.9%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue272.15°

Saturation (HSL)96.79%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G 47 · B FC

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