Recognised as Colour

#A48FAC

#A48FAC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#A48FAC is a violet with RGB values 164, 143, 172 and HSL 283°, 15%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#A48FAC#A48FAC

HEX#A48FAC

RGBrgb(164, 143, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5608, 0.6745

RGB percentages64.3%, 56.1%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(283.4, 14.9%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.4, 16.9%, 67.5%)

CMYK4.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,784,684

CSS custom property--colour: #A48FAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.1:1

Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#5B7053

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8C95ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9097ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A49299no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

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

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 16.8 Slate grey · ΔE 18.1 Thistle · ΔE 18.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 19.3 Dark grey · ΔE 19.5 Gray · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 16.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97AC8F

Analogous#968FAC, #AC8FA5

Triadic#ACA48F, #8FACA4

Split complementary#A5AC8F, #8FAC96

Tetradic#AC968F, #97AC8F, #8FA5AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBE7ED

Lighter +20%#D4CAD7

Lighter +10%#BCACC2

Darker −10%#8C7296

Darker −20%#725B7A

Darker −30%#56455D

Darker −40%#3B2F40

More saturated +25%#AF77C4

Less saturated −25%#9E9E9E

Channel breakdown

R164

G143

B172

Red164 (64.3%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue283.45°

Saturation (HSL)14.87%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A4 · G 8F · B AC

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#A48FAC

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else