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Recognised as Colour

#A48ACF

  • #A48ACF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A48ACF is a violet with RGB values 164, 138, 207 and HSL 263°, 42%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A48ACF#A48ACF
HEX#A48ACF
RGBrgb(164, 138, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5412, 0.8118
RGB percentages64.3%, 54.1%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(262.6, 41.8%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.6, 33.3%, 81.2%)
CMYK20.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,783,439
CSS custom property--colour: #A48ACF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#5B7530

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A96D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F96CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9D95A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.6Medium purple · ΔE 23.4Steel blue · ΔE 29.5Thistle · ΔE 30.8Orchid · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5CF8A
Analogous#8A93CF, #C68ACF
Triadic#CFA48A, #8ACFA4
Split complementary#CFC68A, #93CF8A
Tetradic#CF8A93, #B5CF8A, #8ACFC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F6FC
Lighter +20%#DCD2ED
Lighter +10%#C0AEDE
Darker −10%#8866C0
Darker −20%#6D47AC
Darker −30%#563888
Darker −40%#3F2964
More saturated +25%#9F75E4
Less saturated −25%#A99FBA

Channel breakdown

R164
G138
B207
Red164 (64.3%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue262.61°
Saturation (HSL)41.82%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 8A · B CF

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