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Recognised as Colour

#A486AE

  • #A486AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A486AE is a violet with RGB values 164, 134, 174 and HSL 285°, 20%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A486AE#A486AE
HEX#A486AE
RGBrgb(164, 134, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5255, 0.6824
RGB percentages64.3%, 52.5%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(285, 19.8%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 23%, 68.2%)
CMYK5.7%, 23%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,782,382
CSS custom property--colour: #A486AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.6:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#5B7951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#818EB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8891ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A48A94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.9Light slate grey · ΔE 22.2Thistle · ΔE 22.3Slate grey · ΔE 23Rosy brown · ΔE 23.8Gray · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90AE86
Analogous#9086AE, #AE86A4
Triadic#AEA486, #86AEA4
Split complementary#A4AE86, #86AE90
Tetradic#AE9086, #90AE86, #86A4AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9E2EB
Lighter +20%#D2C3D7
Lighter +10%#BBA5C2
Darker −10%#8D679A
Darker −20%#71537B
Darker −30%#553E5D
Darker −40%#392A3E
More saturated +25%#B16DC7
Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R164
G134
B174
Red164 (64.3%)
Green134 (52.5%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)19.8%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 86 · B AE

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