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Recognised as Colour

#B0A3BA

  • #B0A3BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B0A3BA is a violet with RGB values 176, 163, 186 and HSL 274°, 14%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B0A3BA#B0A3BA
HEX#B0A3BA
RGBrgb(176, 163, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.6392, 0.7294
RGB percentages69%, 63.9%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(273.9, 14.3%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.9, 12.4%, 72.9%)
CMYK5.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,576,250
CSS custom property--colour: #B0A3BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.79:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#4F5C45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0A7BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2A8B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AFA6AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12.1Dark grey · ΔE 13.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Silver · ΔE 16.3Light slate grey · ΔE 17.1Rosy brown · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 12.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADBAA3
Analogous#A5A3BA, #BAA3B8
Triadic#BAB0A3, #A3BAB0
Split complementary#B8BAA3, #A3BAA5
Tetradic#BAA5A3, #ADBAA3, #A3B8BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFAFC
Lighter +20%#E2DDE6
Lighter +10%#C9C0D0
Darker −10%#9786A4
Darker −20%#7E6A8D
Darker −30%#645470
Darker −40%#4A3E53
More saturated +25%#B38FCE
Less saturated −25%#AFAFAF

Channel breakdown

R176
G163
B186
Red176 (69%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue273.91°
Saturation (HSL)14.29%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G A3 · B BA

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