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Recognised as Colour

#A548BC

  • #A548BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#A548BC is a violet with RGB values 165, 72, 188 and HSL 288°, 46%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#A548BC#A548BC
HEX#A548BC
RGBrgb(165, 72, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.2824, 0.7373
RGB percentages64.7%, 28.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(288.1, 46.4%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.1, 61.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK12.2%, 61.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,832,060
CSS custom property--colour: #A548BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.94:1
Contrast with white4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#5AB743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#296AC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5073B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A55B7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.9Dark magenta · ΔE 17.3Orchid · ΔE 18.4Dark orchid · ΔE 18.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.3Purple · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FBC48
Analogous#6B48BC, #BC4899
Triadic#BCA548, #48BCA5
Split complementary#99BC48, #48BC6B
Tetradic#BC6B48, #5FBC48, #4899BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEDDF3
Lighter +30%#DCB8E5
Lighter +20%#CA93D7
Lighter +10%#B76DCA
Darker −10%#863899
Darker −20%#652A74
Darker −30%#441D4E
Darker −40%#240F29
More saturated +25%#B829DB
Less saturated −25%#92679D

Channel breakdown

R165
G72
B188
Red165 (64.7%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue288.1°
Saturation (HSL)46.4%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 48 · B BC

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