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Recognised as Colour

#A548B8

  • #A548B8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A548B8 is a violet with RGB values 165, 72, 184 and HSL 290°, 44%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A548B8#A548B8
HEX#A548B8
RGBrgb(165, 72, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.2824, 0.7216
RGB percentages64.7%, 28.2%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(289.8, 44.1%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.8, 60.9%, 72.2%)
CMYK10.3%, 60.9%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,832,056
CSS custom property--colour: #A548B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16095WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.98:1
Contrast with white4.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#5AB747

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2E69BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5273B5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Tritanopia#A65A79no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.4Dark magenta · ΔE 16.9Orchid · ΔE 17.6Purple · ΔE 18.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 19Medium purple · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5BB848
Analogous#6D48B8, #B84893
Triadic#B8A548, #48B8A5
Split complementary#93B848, #48B86D
Tetradic#B86D48, #5BB848, #4893B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDDBF1
Lighter +30%#DBB6E3
Lighter +20%#C991D5
Lighter +10%#B76DC6
Darker −10%#843994
Darker −20%#632B6F
Darker −30%#431D4A
Darker −40%#220F25
More saturated +25%#BA28D8
Less saturated −25%#906898

Channel breakdown

R165
G72
B184
Red165 (64.7%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue289.82°
Saturation (HSL)44.09%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 48 · B B8

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