Recognised as Colour

#A389DA

#A389DA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#A389DA is a violet with RGB values 163, 137, 218 and HSL 259°, 52%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#A389DA

RGBrgb(163, 137, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5373, 0.8549

RGB percentages63.9%, 53.7%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(259.3, 52.3%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.3, 37.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK25.2%, 37.2%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,717,658

CSS custom property--colour: #A389DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.15:1

Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#5C7625

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7497DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Deuteranopia#7996D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Tritanopia#9897A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.5 Plum · ΔE 20.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.7 Slate blue · ΔE 27.8 Orchid · ΔE 28.8 Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C0DA89

Analogous#8998DA, #CB89DA

Triadic#DAA389, #89DAA3

Split complementary#DACB89, #98DA89

Tetradic#DA8998, #C0DA89, #89DACB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFDFF

Lighter +20%#E0D7F2

Lighter +10%#C1B0E6

Darker −10%#8562CE

Darker −20%#673CC1

Darker −30%#52309A

Darker −40%#3D2473

More saturated +25%#9C76ED

Less saturated −25%#AA9CC7

Channel breakdown

R163

G137

B218

Red163 (63.9%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue259.26°

Saturation (HSL)52.26%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A3 · G 89 · B DA

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