#a757cf Color Information

#a757cf Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #a757cf. In RGB, it consists of 65.5% Red, 34.1% Green, and 81.2% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 19.3% Cyan, 58% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 18.8% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 280.0°, with saturation of 55.6% and lightness of 57.6%. The decimal value for #a757cf is 10966991, and its nearest "web safe" color is #9966cc. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #a757cf is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#a757cf Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color167, 87, 207 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color65.5%, 34.1%, 81.2% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.345, 0.659, 0.188 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.193, 0.58, 0, 0.188 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color280.0°, 55.6%, 57.6% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color280.0°, 58.0%, 81.2% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color30.607, 19.537, 61.189 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color167, 87, 207 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code10966991 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color51.310, 52.586, -48.994 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)51.310, 71.873, 317.025 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color51.310, 29.033, -81.166 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color44.201, 46.253, -51.138 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.275, 0.175, 19.537 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4289157071 / 0xffa757cf Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#9966cc Copy
Last Updated: November 23, 2024

Shades of #a757cf

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #a757cf, its pure hue is 280.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 55.6%, and its lightness is 57.6%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #a757cf, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #150b1a to #924cb5.

Tints of #a757cf

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #a757cf, its pure hue is 280.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 55.6%, and its lightness is 57.6%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #a757cf, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #b26cd5 to #f4eaf9.

Tones of #a757cf

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #a757cf, its pure hue is 280.0° on the color wheel and its saturation is 55.6%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #a757cf, which range from #939393 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #b727ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #a757cf

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #a757cf! For #a757cf, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #a757cf. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #a757cf

This color, #a757cf, consists of 65.5% Red, 34.1% Green, and 81.2% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 167, Green = 87, Blue = 207. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #a757cf is 19.3% Cyan, 58% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 18.8% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R65.5%
C19.3%
G34.1%
M58.0%
B81.2%
Y0.0%
K18.8%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 167 87 207
Octal 247 127 317
Hexa #a7 #57 #cf
Binary 10100111 01010111 11001111
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 19 57 0 18
Octal 23 71 0 22
Hexa #13 #39 #00 #12
Binary 00010011 00111001 00000000 00010010

Analogous Colors of #a757cf

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #a757cf — which has hue 280.0° — its analogous colors are located at 250.0° and 310.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a757cf.

Triadic Colors of #a757cf

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #a757cf — which has hue 280.0° — its triadic colors are located at 40.0° and 280.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a757cf.

Complementary Color of #a757cf

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #a757cf — which has hue 280.0° — its complementary color is located at 100.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a757cf.

Split Complementary Colors of #a757cf

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #a757cf — which has hue 280.0° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 70.0° and 280.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a757cf.

Tetradic Colors of #a757cf

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #a757cf — which has hue 280.0° — its tetradic colors are located at 190.0°, 280.0°, 10.0°, and 100.0° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a757cf.

Monochromatic Colors of #a757cf

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #a757cf, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #673e7c — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #d79ff3 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #a757cf

We want to make getting started with #a757cf on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #a757cf into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #a757cf can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #a757cf with other HTML elements.

#a757cf Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #a757cf.
<span style="color: #a757cf;">The color of this text is #a757cf.</span>

#a757cf Background Color

The background color for this text is #a757cf.
<div style="background-color: #a757cf; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #a757cf.</div>

#a757cf Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #a757cf.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #a757cf;">This color for the shadow of this text is #a757cf.</span>

#a757cf Border Color

This is a div with border color #a757cf.
<div style="border: #a757cf 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #a757cf.</div>

#a757cf Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #a757cf on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a757cf; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a757cf on a white background.</div></div>

#a757cf Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #a757cf on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a757cf; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a757cf on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #a757cf to White

This is a gradient from #a757cf to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a757cf,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a757cf,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a757cf,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a757cf,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a757cf to white.</div>

Gradient from #a757cf to Black

This is a gradient from #a757cf to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a757cf,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a757cf,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a757cf,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a757cf,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a757cf to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #a757cf

In addition to using #a757cf on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #a757cf in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #a757cf, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 167, Green = 87, Blue = 207). If you need details about the color coordinates of #a757cf in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #a757cf
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(167, 87, 207)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #a757cf; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #a757cf; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #a757cf; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(167, 87, 207);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#a757cf")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:167, green:87, blue:207, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:167 green:87 blue:207 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(167f, 87f, 207f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(167, 87, 207);
 

#a757cf Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #a757cf the same way. For those with color blindness, #a757cf might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #a757cf looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #a757cf is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #a757cf looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #a757cf will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #a757cf is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 4.3:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #a757cf would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

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