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Recognised as Colour

#A480FD

  • #A480FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A480FD is a violet with RGB values 164, 128, 253 and HSL 257°, 97%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A480FD#A480FD
HEX#A480FD
RGBrgb(164, 128, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.502, 0.9922
RGB percentages64.3%, 50.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(257.3, 96.9%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.3, 49.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK35.2%, 49.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,780,925
CSS custom property--colour: #A480FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.08:1
Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#5B7F02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5197FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5894FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8F99B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.5Slate blue · ΔE 17.3Royal blue · ΔE 21.6Medium orchid · ΔE 22.6Violet · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9FD80
Analogous#809BFD, #E280FD
Triadic#FDA480, #80FDA4
Split complementary#FDE380, #9AFD80
Tetradic#FD809B, #D9FD80, #80FDE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECE4FF
Lighter +10%#C8B2FE
Darker −10%#804EFC
Darker −20%#5C1CFB
Darker −30%#4304E0
Darker −40%#3403AE
More saturated +25%#A37EFF
Less saturated −25%#AB90ED

Channel breakdown

R164
G128
B253
Red164 (64.3%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue257.28°
Saturation (HSL)96.9%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 80 · B FD

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