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Recognised as Colour

#A55998

  • #A55998
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#A55998 is a magenta with RGB values 165, 89, 152 and HSL 310°, 30%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#A55998#A55998
HEX#A55998
RGBrgb(165, 89, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.349, 0.5961
RGB percentages64.7%, 34.9%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(310.3, 29.9%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(310.3, 46.1%, 64.7%)
CMYK0%, 46.1%, 7.9%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,836,376
CSS custom property--colour: #A55998;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#5AA667

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#586D9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D7896no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Tritanopia#AB5D71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 24.7Pale violetred · ΔE 25Plum · ΔE 25.8Medium purple · ΔE 30Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.8Violet · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 24.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59A566
Analogous#8C59A5, #A55972
Triadic#98A559, #5998A5
Split complementary#72A559, #59A58C
Tetradic#A58C59, #59A566, #5972A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDDDEA
Lighter +30%#DBBCD6
Lighter +20%#C99BC1
Lighter +10%#B77AAD
Darker −10%#844779
Darker −20%#63355B
Darker −30%#42233C
Darker −40%#20121E
More saturated +25%#C539AD
Less saturated −25%#857983

Channel breakdown

R165
G89
B152
Red165 (64.7%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue310.26°
Saturation (HSL)29.92%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR A5 · G 59 · B 98

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