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Recognised as Colour

#B097BC

  • #B097BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B097BC is a violet with RGB values 176, 151, 188 and HSL 281°, 22%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B097BC#B097BC
HEX#B097BC
RGBrgb(176, 151, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.5922, 0.7373
RGB percentages69%, 59.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(280.5, 21.6%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.5, 19.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK6.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,573,180
CSS custom property--colour: #B097BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34994WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#4F6843

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#929EBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#97A0BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B09BA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 16Plum · ΔE 19.1Light slate grey · ΔE 21.4Light steelblue · ΔE 21.6Rosy brown · ΔE 22.4Dark grey · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3BC97
Analogous#9E97BC, #BC97B6
Triadic#BCB097, #97BCB0
Split complementary#B6BC97, #97BC9E
Tetradic#BC9E97, #A3BC97, #97B6BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F4F8
Lighter +20%#DFD5E4
Lighter +10%#C8B6D0
Darker −10%#9878A8
Darker −20%#805D90
Darker −30%#644971
Darker −40%#493552
More saturated +25%#B882D1
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R176
G151
B188
Red176 (69%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue280.54°
Saturation (HSL)21.64%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G 97 · B BC

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