Recognised as Colour

#A48ED2

#A48ED2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A48ED2 is a violet with RGB values 164, 142, 210 and HSL 259°, 43%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#A48ED2

RGBrgb(164, 142, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5569, 0.8235

RGB percentages64.3%, 55.7%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(259.4, 43%, 69%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.4, 32.4%, 82.4%)

CMYK21.9%, 32.4%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,784,466

CSS custom property--colour: #A48ED2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31892WCAG 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 7.38:1

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

Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#5B712D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E99D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8299D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9C99A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 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 text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.7 Medium purple · ΔE 24.7 Steel blue · ΔE 28.4 Thistle · ΔE 29.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BCD28E

Analogous#8E9AD2, #C68ED2

Triadic#D2A48E, #8ED2A4

Split complementary#D2C68E, #9AD28E

Tetradic#D28E9A, #BCD28E, #8ED2C6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFBFE

Lighter +20%#DFD7EF

Lighter +10%#C1B2E1

Darker −10%#876AC3

Darker −20%#6A47B3

Darker −30%#54398E

Darker −40%#3F2A6A

More saturated +25%#9D7AE6

Less saturated −25%#ABA2BE

Channel breakdown

R164

G142

B210

Red164 (64.3%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue259.41°

Saturation (HSL)43.04%

Lightness69.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A4 · G 8E · B D2

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