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Recognised as Colour

#A979EF

  • #A979EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A979EF is a violet with RGB values 169, 121, 239 and HSL 264°, 79%, 71%. 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

#A979EF#A979EF
HEX#A979EF
RGBrgb(169, 121, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.4745, 0.9373
RGB percentages66.3%, 47.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(264.4, 78.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.4, 49.4%, 93.7%)
CMYK29.3%, 49.4%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,106,799
CSS custom property--colour: #A979EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.67:1
Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#568610

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5291F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F90ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9B8FA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 15Slate blue · ΔE 16.9Medium orchid · ΔE 18.7Orchid · ΔE 22.6Violet · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFEF79
Analogous#7984EF, #E479EF
Triadic#EFA979, #79EFA9
Split complementary#EFE479, #84EF79
Tetradic#EF7984, #BFEF79, #79EFE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3D4FA
Lighter +10%#C6A7F4
Darker −10%#8C4BEA
Darker −20%#6F1EE4
Darker −30%#5816B9
Darker −40%#43118B
More saturated +25%#A669FF
Less saturated −25%#AC8CDC

Channel breakdown

R169
G121
B239
Red169 (66.3%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue264.41°
Saturation (HSL)78.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 79 · B EF

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