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Recognised as Colour

#B07FBA

  • #B07FBA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B07FBA is a violet with RGB values 176, 127, 186 and HSL 290°, 30%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B07FBA#B07FBA
HEX#B07FBA
RGBrgb(176, 127, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.498, 0.7294
RGB percentages69%, 49.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(289.8, 29.9%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.8, 31.7%, 72.9%)
CMYK5.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,567,034
CSS custom property--colour: #B07FBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27954WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.59:1
Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#4F8045

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#788DBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8492B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B18594no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14Medium purple · ΔE 28Orchid · ΔE 28.4Pale violetred · ΔE 29Thistle · ΔE 29.5Violet · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89BA7F
Analogous#937FBA, #BA7FA6
Triadic#BAB07F, #7FBAB0
Split complementary#A7BA7F, #7FBA93
Tetradic#BA937F, #89BA7F, #7FA7BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDE2F0
Lighter +20%#D9C1DE
Lighter +10%#C4A0CC
Darker −10%#9C5EA8
Darker −20%#7E4A89
Darker −30%#603868
Darker −40%#412647
More saturated +25%#C066D3
Less saturated −25%#A098A1

Channel breakdown

R176
G127
B186
Red176 (69%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue289.83°
Saturation (HSL)29.95%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G 7F · B BA

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