Recognised as Colour

#A87FBE

#A87FBE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A87FBE is a violet with RGB values 168, 127, 190 and HSL 279°, 33%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#A87FBE

RGBrgb(168, 127, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.498, 0.7451

RGB percentages65.9%, 49.8%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(279, 32.6%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279, 33.2%, 74.5%)

CMYK11.6%, 33.2%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,042,750

CSS custom property--colour: #A87FBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.44:1

Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#578041

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#758CC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E90BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A68796no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.9 Medium purple · ΔE 25.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.9 Orchid · ΔE 29 Thistle · ΔE 30.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#95BE7F

Analogous#887FBE, #BE7FB5

Triadic#BEA87F, #7FBEA8

Split complementary#B5BE7F, #7FBE89

Tetradic#BE897F, #95BE7F, #7FB5BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDE4F2

Lighter +20%#D6C3E0

Lighter +10%#BFA1CF

Darker −10%#915DAD

Darker −20%#76488F

Darker −30%#5A376D

Darker −40%#3E264B

More saturated +25%#AF67D6

Less saturated −25%#A197A6

Channel breakdown

R168

G127

B190

Red168 (65.9%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue279.05°

Saturation (HSL)32.64%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A8 · G 7F · B BE

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