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Recognised as Colour

#B0A9BD

  • #B0A9BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B0A9BD is a violet with RGB values 176, 169, 189 and HSL 261°, 13%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B0A9BD#B0A9BD
HEX#B0A9BD
RGBrgb(176, 169, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.6627, 0.7412
RGB percentages69%, 66.3%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(261, 13.2%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 10.6%, 74.1%)
CMYK6.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,577,789
CSS custom property--colour: #B0A9BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#4F5642

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6ACBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7ACBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AEACAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.3Thistle · ΔE 11.9Light steelblue · ΔE 12.6Silver · ΔE 13.5Light slate grey · ΔE 16.9Light grey · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6BDA9
Analogous#A9ACBD, #BAA9BD
Triadic#BDB0A9, #A9BDB0
Split complementary#BDBAA9, #ACBDA9
Tetradic#BDA9AC, #B6BDA9, #A9BDBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5E3E9
Lighter +10%#CBC6D3
Darker −10%#958CA7
Darker −20%#7B6F91
Darker −30%#625974
Darker −40%#4A4357
More saturated +25%#AA96D0
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R176
G169
B189
Red176 (69%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue261°
Saturation (HSL)13.16%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G A9 · B BD

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