#A477BB

sRGB: 164 / 119 / 187

Radiant blossoms shimmer beneath moonlight
Hidden pathways unfold through ancient forests
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#A477BB belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 164 red, 119 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 279.7° lands in the violet region. Its 33.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 60.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.93:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 164, 119, 187
HSL: 279.71°, 33.33%, 60.00%
HSV / HSB: 279.71°, 36.36%, 73.33%
CMYK (approx.): 12.30%, 36.36%, 0.00%, 26.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.875, 24.675, 50.152
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 56.757, 30.104, -29.002
WCAG relative luminance: 0.24674
24-bit decimal: 10778555

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #A477BB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 5.93:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.54:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#8EBB77 sits half a turn (180°) from #A477BB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#A477BB #8EBB77

Analogous

#8277BB and #BB77B0 sit 30° to either side of #A477BB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#8277BB #A477BB #BB77B0

Triadic

#A477BB, #BBA477 and #77BBA4 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#A477BB #BBA477 #77BBA4

Split complementary

Start at #A477BB and look across the wheel. #B0BB77 and #77BB82 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#A477BB #B0BB77 #77BB82

Square

Starting with #A477BB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BB8277, #8EBB77, then #77B0BB. Across the square, #A477BB pairs with #8EBB77, and #BB8277 with #77B0BB.

#A477BB #BB8277 #8EBB77 #77B0BB

Tetradic

#A477BB and #8EBB77 are opposites, as are #BB778E and #77BBA4. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#A477BB #BB778E #8EBB77 #77BBA4

Tints

Mixing #A477BB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B692C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #EDE4F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#A477BB #B692C9 #C8ADD6 #DBC9E4 #EDE4F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #A477BB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #835F96, keeps 80% of the original. By #211825, the mixture is 80% black.

#A477BB #835F96 #624770 #42304B #211825 #000000

Tones

Mixing #A477BB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9D79AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #877E8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#A477BB #9D79AF #967BA3 #8E7C98 #877E8C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#A477BB

RGB

rgb(164 119 187)

HSL

hsl(279.706 33.333% 60.000%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #A477BB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#A477BB uses 164 red, 119 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 64.3%

Green 46.7%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #A477BB is 12.3% cyan, 36.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 26.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 12.3%

Magenta 36.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 26.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA77BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A7B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #A477BB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9966CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AA77BB Nearest web-safe: #9966CC

Gradient to complement

#A477BB #A082B0 #9D8EA4 #999999 #95A48E #92B082 #8EBB77

Color vision previews

Compare how #A477BB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#6C86BE

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#7689B9

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#A28090

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8381BC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8684BA

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A27BAD

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#888888

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#9780A4

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.37124 G 0.18447 B 0.49693

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.61645 G 0.47390 B 0.71672

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.33808 G 0.19067 B 0.47216

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.292 y 0.233 Y 24.675

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 35.686 M % 53.333 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10100100 01110111 10111011