Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#A48FF5

  • #A48FF5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#A48FF5 is a blue with RGB values 164, 143, 245 and HSL 252°, 84%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#A48FF5#A48FF5
HEX#A48FF5
RGBrgb(164, 143, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.6431, 0.5608, 0.9608
RGB percentages64.3%, 56.1%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(252.4, 83.6%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.4, 41.6%, 96.1%)
CMYK33.1%, 41.6%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,784,757
CSS custom property--colour: #A48FF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#5B700A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F9FF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#719CF3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Tritanopia#91A2B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.2Slate blue · ΔE 22.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.9Royal blue · ΔE 24.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0F58F
Analogous#8FADF5, #D78FF5
Triadic#F5A48F, #8FF5A4
Split complementary#F5D78F, #ADF58F
Tetradic#F58FAD, #E0F58F, #8FF5D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0EDFD
Lighter +10%#CABEF9
Darker −10%#7E60F1
Darker −20%#5831ED
Darker −30%#3C13D8
Darker −40%#2F0FA9
More saturated +25%#9E85FF
Less saturated −25%#AD9EE6

Channel breakdown

R164
G143
B245
Red164 (64.3%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue252.35°
Saturation (HSL)83.61%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A4 · G 8F · B F5

Keep nerding

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

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “a48ff5” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.