Recognised as Colour

#B199ED

#B199ED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B199ED is a violet with RGB values 177, 153, 237 and HSL 257°, 70%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B199ED#B199ED

HEX#B199ED

RGBrgb(177, 153, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.6, 0.9294

RGB percentages69.4%, 60%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(257.1, 70%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.1, 35.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK25.3%, 35.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,639,277

CSS custom property--colour: #B199ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.65:1

Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#4E6612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#83A7F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#87A5EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A5A7B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.9 Medium purple · ΔE 20.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.7 Orchid · ΔE 29.9 Violet · ΔE 30.3 Dodgerblue · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D5ED99

Analogous#99ABED, #DB99ED

Triadic#EDB199, #99EDB1

Split complementary#EDDB99, #ABED99

Tetradic#ED99AB, #D5ED99, #99EDDB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3F0FC

Lighter +10%#D2C4F5

Darker −10%#906EE5

Darker −20%#6F42DE

Darker −30%#5324C9

Darker −40%#411C9E

More saturated +25%#AB8AFC

Less saturated −25%#B7A8DE

Channel breakdown

R177

G153

B237

Red177 (69.4%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue257.14°

Saturation (HSL)70%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B1 · G 99 · B ED

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Colour values

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