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Recognised as Colour

#A398BE

  • #A398BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#A398BE is a violet with RGB values 163, 152, 190 and HSL 257°, 23%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#A398BE#A398BE
HEX#A398BE
RGBrgb(163, 152, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.5961, 0.7451
RGB percentages63.9%, 59.6%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(257.4, 22.6%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.4, 20%, 74.5%)
CMYK14.2%, 20%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,721,470
CSS custom property--colour: #A398BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.79:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#5C6741

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#909EC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#929DBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9E9EA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 17.7Light slate grey · ΔE 18Light steelblue · ΔE 18.9Slate grey · ΔE 19.9Dark grey · ΔE 22Plum · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 17.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3BE98
Analogous#98A0BE, #B698BE
Triadic#BEA398, #98BEA3
Split complementary#BEB698, #A0BE98
Tetradic#BE98A0, #B3BE98, #98BEB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F6F9
Lighter +20%#DBD7E5
Lighter +10%#BFB7D2
Darker −10%#8779AA
Darker −20%#6D5D93
Darker −30%#554974
Darker −40%#3E3555
More saturated +25%#9A83D3
Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R163
G152
B190
Red163 (63.9%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue257.37°
Saturation (HSL)22.62%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A3 · G 98 · B BE

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