Recognised as Colour

#B090D7

#B090D7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B090D7 is a violet with RGB values 176, 144, 215 and HSL 267°, 47%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B090D7#B090D7

HEX#B090D7

RGBrgb(176, 144, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.5647, 0.8431

RGB percentages69%, 56.5%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(267, 47%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267, 33%, 84.3%)

CMYK18.1%, 33%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,571,415

CSS custom property--colour: #B090D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1

Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#4F6F28

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#819DDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#889ED5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AA9BAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.5 Medium purple · ΔE 23.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.2 Orchid · ΔE 29.6 Thistle · ΔE 30 Violet · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B7D790

Analogous#9093D7, #D490D7

Triadic#D7B090, #90D7B0

Split complementary#D7D490, #93D790

Tetradic#D79093, #B7D790, #90D7D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E5DBF2

Lighter +10%#CBB5E5

Darker −10%#956BC9

Darker −20%#7B45BC

Darker −30%#623797

Darker −40%#4A2972

More saturated +25%#AE7DEA

Less saturated −25%#B2A3C4

Channel breakdown

R176

G144

B215

Red176 (69%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue267.04°

Saturation (HSL)47.02%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B0 · G 90 · B D7

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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