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Recognised as Colour

#A87CDB

  • #A87CDB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A87CDB is a violet with RGB values 168, 124, 219 and HSL 268°, 57%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A87CDB#A87CDB
HEX#A87CDB
RGBrgb(168, 124, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.4863, 0.8588
RGB percentages65.9%, 48.6%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(267.8, 56.9%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.8, 43.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK23.3%, 43.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,042,011
CSS custom property--colour: #A87CDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.57:1
Contrast with white3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#578324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#648FDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E90D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A08CA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.1Slate blue · ΔE 21.1Orchid · ΔE 21.4Violet · ΔE 23.6Medium orchid · ΔE 24.7Plum · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFDB7C
Analogous#7C7FDB, #D77CDB
Triadic#DBA87C, #7CDBA8
Split complementary#DBD77C, #80DB7C
Tetradic#DB7C80, #AFDB7C, #7CDBD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F4FC
Lighter +20%#DDCCF1
Lighter +10%#C3A4E6
Darker −10%#8D54D0
Darker −20%#7334BD
Darker −30%#5B2995
Darker −40%#431E6D
More saturated +25%#A667F0
Less saturated −25%#AA91C6

Channel breakdown

R168
G124
B219
Red168 (65.9%)
Green124 (48.6%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue267.79°
Saturation (HSL)56.89%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 7C · B DB

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