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Recognised as Colour

#A53998

  • #A53998
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Purple

#A53998 is a magenta with RGB values 165, 57, 152 and HSL 307°, 49%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#A53998#A53998
HEX#A53998
RGBrgb(165, 57, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.2235, 0.5961
RGB percentages64.7%, 22.4%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(307.2, 48.6%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(307.2, 65.5%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 65.5%, 7.9%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,828,184
CSS custom property--colour: #A53998;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#5AC667

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#355C9Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A6B95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original
Tritanopia#AC4263no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 15.3Dark magenta · ΔE 15.5Orchid · ΔE 20.3Medium orchid · ΔE 20.8Medium violet red · ΔE 21.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 15.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#39A546
Analogous#7C39A5, #A53962
Triadic#98A539, #3998A5
Split complementary#62A539, #39A57C
Tetradic#A57C39, #39A546, #3962A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9C1E5
Lighter +30%#DC9BD4
Lighter +20%#CF75C4
Lighter +10%#C24FB4
Darker −10%#7F2C75
Darker −20%#591F52
Darker −30%#33122F
Darker −40%#0D050C
More saturated +25%#C11DAD
Less saturated −25%#895583

Channel breakdown

R165
G57
B152
Red165 (64.7%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue307.22°
Saturation (HSL)48.65%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 39 · B 98

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