Recognised as Colour

#A392BC

#A392BC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#A392BC is a violet with RGB values 163, 146, 188 and HSL 264°, 24%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A392BC#A392BC

HEX#A392BC

RGBrgb(163, 146, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5725, 0.7373

RGB percentages63.9%, 57.3%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(264.3, 23.9%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.3, 22.3%, 73.7%)

CMYK13.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,719,932

CSS custom property--colour: #A392BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31975WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.4:1

Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#5C6D43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A99BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D99BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Tritanopia#9F98A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 19.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 20.2 Plum · ΔE 20.7 Slate grey · ΔE 21.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 22.4 Dark grey · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 19.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ABBC92

Analogous#9296BC, #B892BC

Triadic#BCA392, #92BCA3

Split complementary#BCB892, #96BC92

Tetradic#BC9296, #ABBC92, #92BCB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3F1F6

Lighter +20%#D8D1E3

Lighter +10%#BEB2CF

Darker −10%#8872A9

Darker −20%#6F5890

Darker −30%#564570

Darker −40%#3E3151

More saturated +25%#9F7CD2

Less saturated −25%#A7A7A7

Channel breakdown

R163

G146

B188

Red163 (63.9%)

Green146 (57.3%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue264.29°

Saturation (HSL)23.86%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A3 · G 92 · B BC

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#A392BC

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else