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Recognised as Colour

#A48CB5

  • #A48CB5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#A48CB5 is a violet with RGB values 164, 140, 181 and HSL 275°, 22%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A48CB5#A48CB5
HEX#A48CB5
RGBrgb(164, 140, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.549, 0.7098
RGB percentages64.3%, 54.9%, 71%
HSLhsl(275.1, 21.7%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.1, 22.7%, 71%)
CMYK9.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,783,925
CSS custom property--colour: #A48CB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#5B734A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8694B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B95B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A2919Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20Thistle · ΔE 20.8Light slate grey · ΔE 21.1Slate grey · ΔE 22.2Rosy brown · ΔE 24.8Light steelblue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DB58C
Analogous#908CB5, #B58CB2
Triadic#B5A48C, #8CB5A4
Split complementary#B2B58C, #8CB590
Tetradic#B5908C, #9DB58C, #8CB2B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEE9F1
Lighter +20%#D5CADD
Lighter +10%#BDABC9
Darker −10%#8B6DA1
Darker −20%#725685
Darker −30%#574266
Darker −40%#3D2E47
More saturated +25%#A874CD
Less saturated −25%#A1A1A1

Channel breakdown

R164
G140
B181
Red164 (64.3%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue275.12°
Saturation (HSL)21.69%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 8C · B B5

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