Colour

#A937E7

#A937E7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#A937E7 is a violet with RGB values 169, 55, 231 and HSL 279°, 79%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#A937E7

RGBrgb(169, 55, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.2157, 0.9059

RGB percentages66.3%, 21.6%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(278.9, 78.6%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.9, 76.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK26.8%, 76.2%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,089,895

CSS custom property--colour: #A937E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16937WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.79:1

Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#56C818

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006EECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original

Deuteranopia#0074E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A0628Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.5 Dark violet · ΔE 10.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 11.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 24.5 Fuchsia · ΔE 29.9 Magenta · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#75E737

Analogous#5137E7, #E737CD

Triadic#E7A937, #37E7A9

Split complementary#CDE737, #37E751

Tetradic#E75137, #75E737, #37CDE7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7EDFD

Lighter +30%#E4C0F7

Lighter +20%#D092F2

Lighter +10%#BD65EC

Darker −10%#9119D2

Darker −20%#7114A4

Darker −30%#520E77

Darker −40%#330949

More saturated +25%#B01FFF

Less saturated −25%#A153CB

Channel breakdown

R169

G55

B231

Red169 (66.3%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue278.86°

Saturation (HSL)78.57%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A9 · G 37 · B E7

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