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Recognised as Colour

#A44FBE

  • #A44FBE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A44FBE is a violet with RGB values 164, 79, 190 and HSL 286°, 46%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A44FBE#A44FBE
HEX#A44FBE
RGBrgb(164, 79, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.3098, 0.7451
RGB percentages64.3%, 31%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(285.9, 46.1%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.9, 58.4%, 74.5%)
CMYK13.7%, 58.4%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,768,318
CSS custom property--colour: #A44FBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#5BB041

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#336EC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5376BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A3617Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.3Orchid · ΔE 17.3Medium purple · ΔE 17.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.5Dark magenta · ΔE 19.6Purple · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69BE4F
Analogous#6C4FBE, #BE4FA1
Triadic#BEA44F, #4FBEA4
Split complementary#A1BE4F, #4FBE6C
Tetradic#BE6C4F, #69BE4F, #4FA1BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E4F5
Lighter +30%#DEBFE7
Lighter +20%#CB99DA
Lighter +10%#B774CC
Darker −10%#883B9F
Darker −20%#682D7A
Darker −30%#481F55
Darker −40%#28122F
More saturated +25%#B431DC
Less saturated −25%#946DA0

Channel breakdown

R164
G79
B190
Red164 (64.3%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue285.95°
Saturation (HSL)46.06%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 4F · B BE

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