Recognised as Colour

#A48BDC

#A48BDC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A48BDC is a violet with RGB values 164, 139, 220 and HSL 259°, 54%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#A48BDC

RGBrgb(164, 139, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5451, 0.8627

RGB percentages64.3%, 54.5%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(258.5, 53.6%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 36.8%, 86.3%)

CMYK25.5%, 36.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,783,708

CSS custom property--colour: #A48BDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.31:1

Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#5B7423

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7699DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A97DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Tritanopia#9999A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.9 Plum · ΔE 20.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.4 Slate blue · ΔE 28.2 Orchid · ΔE 29.2 Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C3DC8B

Analogous#8B9BDC, #CC8BDC

Triadic#DCA48B, #8BDCA4

Split complementary#DCCD8B, #9ADC8B

Tetradic#DC8B9B, #C3DC8B, #8BDCCC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E1D9F4

Lighter +10%#C3B2E8

Darker −10%#8564D0

Darker −20%#673DC4

Darker −30%#52309E

Darker −40%#3E2477

More saturated +25%#9D78EF

Less saturated −25%#AB9EC9

Channel breakdown

R164

G139

B220

Red164 (64.3%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue258.52°

Saturation (HSL)53.64%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A4 · G 8B · B DC

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Colour values

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