Recognised as Colour

#A36397

#A36397
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A36397 is a magenta with RGB values 163, 99, 151 and HSL 311°, 26%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#A36397

RGBrgb(163, 99, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.3882, 0.5922

RGB percentages63.9%, 38.8%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(311.3, 25.8%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(311.3, 39.3%, 63.9%)

CMYK0%, 39.3%, 7.4%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,707,863

CSS custom property--colour: #A36397;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18945WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.79:1

Contrast with white4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#5C9C68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#637399no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#737C95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A96676no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 23.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.6 Orchid · ΔE 29.9 Rosy brown · ΔE 32.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.5 Medium purple · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 23.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#63A36F

Analogous#8F63A3, #A36377

Triadic#97A363, #6397A3

Split complementary#77A363, #63A38F

Tetradic#A38F63, #63A36F, #6377A3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EFE3ED

Lighter +30%#DCC3D7

Lighter +20%#C9A3C2

Lighter +10%#B683AC

Darker −10%#854E7B

Darker −20%#653B5D

Darker −30%#45283F

Darker −40%#241622

More saturated +25%#C244AA

Less saturated −25%#848284

Channel breakdown

R163

G99

B151

Red163 (63.9%)

Green99 (38.8%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue311.25°

Saturation (HSL)25.81%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR A3 · G 63 · B 97

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