#A795FF

sRGB: 167 / 149 / 255

Radiant blossoms awaken with sunrise
Shimmering rivers wander across quiet meadows
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#A795FF belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 167 red, 149 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 250.2° lands in the blue region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.2% 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 (8.39:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 167, 149, 255
HSL: 250.19°, 100.00%, 79.22%
HSV / HSB: 250.19°, 41.57%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 34.51%, 41.57%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 44.731, 36.930, 99.383
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 67.225, 30.195, -50.501
WCAG relative luminance: 0.36930
24-bit decimal: 10982911

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 #A795FF 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: 8.39:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.50:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

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

#EDFF95 sits half a turn (180°) from #A795FF 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.

#A795FF #EDFF95

Analogous

#95B8FF and #DC95FF sit 30° to either side of #A795FF. 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.

#95B8FF #A795FF #DC95FF

Triadic

#A795FF, #FFA795 and #95FFA7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#A795FF #FFA795 #95FFA7

Split complementary

Start at #A795FF and look across the wheel. #FFDC95 and #B8FF95 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#A795FF #FFDC95 #B8FF95

Square

Starting with #A795FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FF95B8, #EDFF95, then #95FFDC. Across the square, #A795FF pairs with #EDFF95, and #FF95B8 with #95FFDC.

#A795FF #FF95B8 #EDFF95 #95FFDC

Tetradic

#A795FF and #EDFF95 are opposites, as are #FF95ED and #95FFA7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#A795FF #FF95ED #EDFF95 #95FFA7

Tints

Mixing #A795FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B9AAFF, keeps 80% of the original. By #EDEAFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#A795FF #B9AAFF #CABFFF #DCD5FF #EDEAFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #A795FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8677CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #211E33, the mixture is 80% black.

#A795FF #8677CC #645999 #433C66 #211E33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #A795FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9F91E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #888499, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#A795FF #9F91E6 #978DCC #9088B3 #888499 #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

#A795FF

RGB

rgb(167 149 255)

HSL

hsl(250.189 100.000% 79.216%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #A795FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#A795FF uses 167 red, 149 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 65.5%

Green 58.4%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #A795FF is 34.5% cyan, 41.6% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 34.5%

Magenta 41.6%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA99FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A9F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #A795FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AA99FF Nearest web-safe: #9999FF

Gradient to complement

#A795FF #B3A7ED #BEB8DC #CACACA #D6DCB8 #E1EDA7 #EDFF95

Color vision previews

Compare how #A795FF 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.

#73A6FF

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.

#73A1FC

Tritanopia

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

#91A9BE

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.

#87A0FF

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.

#869EFE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#A19CEA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A4A4A4

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.

#A59DD8

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 0.38643 G 0.30054 B 1.00000

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 0.64309 G 0.58683 B 0.97264

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.37118 G 0.30339 B 0.93888

CIE xyY

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

x 0.247 y 0.204 Y 36.930

CMY

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

C % 34.510 M % 41.569 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

10100111 10010101 11111111