Recognised as Colour

#A45998

#A45998
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#A45998 is a magenta with RGB values 164, 89, 152 and HSL 310°, 30%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#A45998

RGBrgb(164, 89, 152)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.349, 0.5961

RGB percentages64.3%, 34.9%, 59.6%

HSLhsl(309.6, 29.6%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(309.6, 45.7%, 64.3%)

CMYK0%, 45.7%, 7.3%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,770,840

CSS custom property--colour: #A45998;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.71:1

Contrast with white4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#5BA667

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#586D9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C7796no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Tritanopia#AA5D71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 24.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 25.3 Plum · ΔE 25.8 Medium purple · ΔE 29.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 24.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#59A465

Analogous#8B59A4, #A45972

Triadic#98A459, #5998A4

Split complementary#72A459, #59A48B

Tetradic#A48B59, #59A465, #5972A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#ECDDEA

Lighter +30%#DABCD5

Lighter +20%#C89BC1

Lighter +10%#B779AD

Darker −10%#834779

Darker −20%#62355B

Darker −30%#41233C

Darker −40%#20111D

More saturated +25%#C439AE

Less saturated −25%#847982

Channel breakdown

R164

G89

B152

Red164 (64.3%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue152 (59.6%)

Hue309.6°

Saturation (HSL)29.64%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A4 · G 59 · B 98

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