Recognised as Colour

#A48AE6

#A48AE6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A48AE6 is a violet with RGB values 164, 138, 230 and HSL 257°, 65%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#A48AE6

RGBrgb(164, 138, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5412, 0.902

RGB percentages64.3%, 54.1%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(257, 64.8%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257, 40%, 90.2%)

CMYK28.7%, 40%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,783,462

CSS custom property--colour: #A48AE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.36:1

Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#5B7519

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#709AE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7498E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Tritanopia#969AADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 13.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.9 Plum · ΔE 23.8 Slate blue · ΔE 24 Royal blue · ΔE 27.1 Orchid · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CCE68A

Analogous#8A9EE6, #D28AE6

Triadic#E6A48A, #8AE6A4

Split complementary#E6D28A, #9EE68A

Tetradic#E68A9E, #CCE68A, #8AE6D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E5DEF8

Lighter +10%#C5B4EF

Darker −10%#8360DD

Darker −20%#6336D4

Darker −30%#4D26B1

Darker −40%#3B1D87

More saturated +25%#9C78F8

Less saturated −25%#AC9CD4

Channel breakdown

R164

G138

B230

Red164 (64.3%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue256.96°

Saturation (HSL)64.79%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A4 · G 8A · B E6

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