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Recognised as Colour

#A55196

  • #A55196
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#A55196 is a magenta with RGB values 165, 81, 150 and HSL 311°, 34%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#A55196#A55196
HEX#A55196
RGBrgb(165, 81, 150)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.3176, 0.5882
RGB percentages64.7%, 31.8%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(310.7, 34.1%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(310.7, 50.9%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 50.9%, 9.1%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,834,326
CSS custom property--colour: #A55196;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.7 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#686868
Inverted#5AAE69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#516898no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#687494no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AC566Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 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

Orchid · ΔE 22.8Pale violetred · ΔE 26.5Purple · ΔE 26.9Medium violet red · ΔE 28.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.6Plum · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 22.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#51A560
Analogous#8A51A5, #A5516C
Triadic#96A551, #5196A5
Split complementary#6CA551, #51A58A
Tetradic#A58A51, #51A560, #516CA5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD7E8
Lighter +30%#DAB5D4
Lighter +20%#CA92C0
Lighter +10%#B970AC
Darker −10%#834077
Darker −20%#612F58
Darker −30%#3E1F39
Darker −40%#1C0E1A
More saturated +25%#C432AA
Less saturated −25%#867082

Channel breakdown

R165
G81
B150
Red165 (64.7%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue310.71°
Saturation (HSL)34.15%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 51 · B 96

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