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Recognised as Colour

#B0ACBB

  • #B0ACBB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B0ACBB is a violet with RGB values 176, 172, 187 and HSL 256°, 10%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B0ACBB#B0ACBB
HEX#B0ACBB
RGBrgb(176, 172, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.6745, 0.7333
RGB percentages69%, 67.5%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(256, 9.9%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256, 8%, 73.3%)
CMYK5.9%, 8%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,578,555
CSS custom property--colour: #B0ACBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.46:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#4F5344

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9AEBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAAEBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AEAEB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.5Silver · ΔE 10.6Light steelblue · ΔE 12.3Thistle · ΔE 12.8Light grey · ΔE 15.8Light slate grey · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7BBAC
Analogous#ACB0BB, #B8ACBB
Triadic#BBB0AC, #ACBBB0
Split complementary#BBB7AC, #B0BBAC
Tetradic#BBACB0, #B7BBAC, #ACBBB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5E4E9
Lighter +10%#CBC8D2
Darker −10%#9590A4
Darker −20%#7B748D
Darker −30%#625D71
Darker −40%#4A4655
More saturated +25%#A799CE
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R176
G172
B187
Red176 (69%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue256°
Saturation (HSL)9.93%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G AC · B BB

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