Recognised as Colour

#A48FDC

#A48FDC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A48FDC is a violet with RGB values 164, 143, 220 and HSL 256°, 52%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#A48FDC#A48FDC

HEX#A48FDC

RGBrgb(164, 143, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5608, 0.8627

RGB percentages64.3%, 56.1%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(256.4, 52.4%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(256.4, 35%, 86.3%)

CMYK25.5%, 35%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,784,732

CSS custom property--colour: #A48FDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1

Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#5B7023

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B9BDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E9ADAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original

Tritanopia#999CABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.6 Medium purple · ΔE 20.7 Steel blue · ΔE 30.6 Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.7 Slate blue · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C7DC8F

Analogous#8FA0DC, #CA8FDC

Triadic#DCA48F, #8FDCA4

Split complementary#DCCB8F, #A0DC8F

Tetradic#DC8FA0, #C7DC8F, #8FDCCB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E3DDF4

Lighter +10%#C4B6E8

Darker −10%#8468D0

Darker −20%#6541C4

Darker −30%#5032A0

Darker −40%#3D2679

More saturated +25%#9C7DEE

Less saturated −25%#ACA1CA

Channel breakdown

R164

G143

B220

Red164 (64.3%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue256.36°

Saturation (HSL)52.38%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A4 · G 8F · B DC

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