Venus Color
Venus is a gray color with hex code #928590. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with venus, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Venus Color Values
What Does Venus Mean?
Venus belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Venus sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Venus is classified as a gray (nearest centroid: purplish gray, #8B8589).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Venus
Venus and #859387 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #8E8593 and #93858A, which sit beside venus on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair venus with triadic partners #919385 and #859193. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Mamba —
#8E8190(Delta E 3) - Monsoon —
#8A8389(Delta E 4) - Suva Grey —
#888387(Delta E 5) - Jumbo —
#7C7B82(Delta E 7) - Purpley Grey —
#947E94(Delta E 7)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #928590; }
.background { background-color: #928590; }
.border { border: 2px solid #928590; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #92859040; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for venus?
Venus has the hex code #928590. In RGB notation it is rgb(146, 133, 144), in HSL it is hsl(309, 6%, 55%), and its OKLCH value is 0.632, 0.022, 330.8.
What does the color venus mean?
Gray-family colors like venus carry distinct psychological associations. Venus belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Venus sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with venus?
Venus has three easy routes: its complement #859387 for punch, its neighbors #8E8593 and #93858A for something calmer, or triadic partners #919385 and #859193 when you want energy.
Is venus a standard web color?
No — Venus is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #928590 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make venus lighter or darker?
To lighten venus, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #EEECEE (lightest tint) to #181618 (darkest shade).
About Venus
Venus is classified as a Gray in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Gray hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #928590 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.