Recognised as Colour

#A39FD9

#A39FD9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#A39FD9 is a blue with RGB values 163, 159, 217 and HSL 244°, 43%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#A39FD9

RGBrgb(163, 159, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.6392, 0.6235, 0.851

RGB percentages63.9%, 62.4%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(244.1, 43.3%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(244.1, 26.7%, 85.1%)

CMYK24.9%, 26.7%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,723,289

CSS custom property--colour: #A39FD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.52:1

Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#5C6026

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#90A6DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8FA3D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Tritanopia#97A9B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 23.1 Thistle · ΔE 23.3 Steel blue · ΔE 23.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D5D99F

Analogous#9FB8D9, #C09FD9

Triadic#D9A39F, #9FD9A3

Split complementary#D9C09F, #B8D99F

Tetradic#D99FB8, #D5D99F, #9FD9C0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E9E8F6

Lighter +10%#C6C4E7

Darker −10%#807ACB

Darker −20%#5D56BC

Darker −30%#463FA0

Darker −40%#36317B

More saturated +25%#958EEA

Less saturated −25%#B1B0C8

Channel breakdown

R163

G159

B217

Red163 (63.9%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue244.14°

Saturation (HSL)43.28%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A3 · G 9F · B D9

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Colour values

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