Recognised as Colour

#A87ED9

#A87ED9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A87ED9 is a violet with RGB values 168, 126, 217 and HSL 268°, 54%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#A87ED9

RGBrgb(168, 126, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.4941, 0.851

RGB percentages65.9%, 49.4%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(267.7, 54.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.7, 41.9%, 85.1%)

CMYK22.6%, 41.9%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,042,521

CSS custom property--colour: #A87ED9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.65:1

Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#578126

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6890DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7191D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A08DA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11 Orchid · ΔE 22.3 Slate blue · ΔE 22.7 Plum · ΔE 23 Violet · ΔE 24.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AFD97E

Analogous#7E82D9, #D57ED9

Triadic#D9A87E, #7ED9A8

Split complementary#D9D57E, #82D97E

Tetradic#D97E82, #AFD97E, #7ED9D5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F4FC

Lighter +20%#DDCDF0

Lighter +10%#C3A5E5

Darker −10%#8D57CD

Darker −20%#7337BA

Darker −30%#5B2B93

Darker −40%#43206B

More saturated +25%#A669EE

Less saturated −25%#AA93C4

Channel breakdown

R168

G126

B217

Red168 (65.9%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue267.69°

Saturation (HSL)54.49%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G 7E · B D9

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