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Recognised as Colour

#A58EA6

  • #A58EA6
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#A58EA6 is a magenta with RGB values 165, 142, 166 and HSL 298°, 12%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#A58EA6#A58EA6
HEX#A58EA6
RGBrgb(165, 142, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.5569, 0.651
RGB percentages64.7%, 55.7%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(297.5, 11.9%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(297.5, 14.5%, 65.1%)
CMYK0.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,849,958
CSS custom property--colour: #A58EA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#5A7159

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C93A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9196A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A69096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 16.4Rosy brown · ΔE 16.6Slate grey · ΔE 17.6Dark grey · ΔE 17.7Gray · ΔE 18Thistle · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 16.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FA68E
Analogous#998EA6, #A68E9B
Triadic#A6A58E, #8EA6A5
Split complementary#9BA68E, #8EA699
Tetradic#A6998E, #8FA68E, #8E9BA6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9E4E9
Lighter +20%#D2C7D3
Lighter +10%#BCABBC
Darker −10%#8E7190
Darker −20%#725B73
Darker −30%#564457
Darker −40%#3A2E3A
More saturated +25%#BC75BF
Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R165
G142
B166
Red165 (64.7%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue297.5°
Saturation (HSL)11.88%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 8E · B A6

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