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Recognised as Colour

#A987FD

  • #A987FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A987FD is a violet with RGB values 169, 135, 253 and HSL 257°, 97%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A987FD#A987FD
HEX#A987FD
RGBrgb(169, 135, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6627, 0.5294, 0.9922
RGB percentages66.3%, 52.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(257.3, 96.7%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.3, 46.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK33.2%, 46.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,110,397
CSS custom property--colour: #A987FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#567802

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F9CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6599FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#969DB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.4Slate blue · ΔE 19.1Royal blue · ΔE 22.8Medium orchid · ΔE 24.4Violet · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBFD87
Analogous#87A0FD, #E487FD
Triadic#FDA987, #87FDA9
Split complementary#FDE487, #A0FD87
Tetradic#FD87A0, #DBFD87, #87FDE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1EBFF
Lighter +10%#CDB9FE
Darker −10%#8555FC
Darker −20%#6123FB
Darker −30%#4504E7
Darker −40%#3603B5
More saturated +25%#A885FF
Less saturated −25%#AF96EE

Channel breakdown

R169
G135
B253
Red169 (66.3%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue257.29°
Saturation (HSL)96.72%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A9 · G 87 · B FD

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