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Recognised as Colour

#A87DEF

  • #A87DEF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A87DEF is a violet with RGB values 168, 125, 239 and HSL 263°, 78%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A87DEF#A87DEF
HEX#A87DEF
RGBrgb(168, 125, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.4902, 0.9373
RGB percentages65.9%, 49%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(262.6, 78.1%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.6, 47.7%, 93.7%)
CMYK29.7%, 47.7%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,042,287
CSS custom property--colour: #A87DEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.84:1
Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#578210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5893F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6392ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9A92ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.4Slate blue · ΔE 17.3Medium orchid · ΔE 20.9Orchid · ΔE 23.1Royal blue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C4EF7D
Analogous#7D8BEF, #E17DEF
Triadic#EFA87D, #7DEFA8
Split complementary#EFE17D, #8BEF7D
Tetradic#EF7D8B, #C4EF7D, #7DEFE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5D8FA
Lighter +10%#C6AAF5
Darker −10%#8A50E9
Darker −20%#6B22E4
Darker −30%#5517BC
Darker −40%#41128E
More saturated +25%#A46DFF
Less saturated −25%#AC8FDD

Channel breakdown

R168
G125
B239
Red168 (65.9%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue262.63°
Saturation (HSL)78.08%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G 7D · B EF

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