Colour

#A877B3

#A877B3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A877B3 is a violet with RGB values 168, 119, 179 and HSL 289°, 28%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A877B3#A877B3

HEX#A877B3

RGBrgb(168, 119, 179)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.4667, 0.702

RGB percentages65.9%, 46.7%, 70.2%

HSLhsl(289, 28.3%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289, 33.5%, 70.2%)

CMYK6.1%, 33.5%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,040,691

CSS custom property--colour: #A877B3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.95:1

Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#57884C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7085B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C8AB1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A97E8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.9 Medium purple · ΔE 26.9 Orchid · ΔE 28.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.8 Violet · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#82B377

Analogous#8A77B3, #B377A0

Triadic#B3A877, #77B3A8

Split complementary#A0B377, #77B38A

Tetradic#B38A77, #82B377, #77A0B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFAFC

Lighter +30%#E7D9EA

Lighter +20%#D2B8D8

Lighter +10%#BD98C5

Darker −10%#92599E

Darker −20%#74467E

Darker −30%#55345D

Darker −40%#37223C

More saturated +25%#B95CCE

Less saturated −25%#979298

Channel breakdown

R168

G119

B179

Red168 (65.9%)

Green119 (46.7%)

Blue179 (70.2%)

Hue289°

Saturation (HSL)28.3%

Lightness58.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G 77 · B B3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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