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Recognised as Colour

#B19FBD

  • #B19FBD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B19FBD is a violet with RGB values 177, 159, 189 and HSL 276°, 19%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B19FBD#B19FBD
HEX#B19FBD
RGBrgb(177, 159, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.6235, 0.7412
RGB percentages69.4%, 62.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(276, 18.5%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 15.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK6.3%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,640,765
CSS custom property--colour: #B19FBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37818WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.56:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#4E6042

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BA4BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA6BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B0A2A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 17.3Dark grey · ΔE 17.9Light slate grey · ΔE 18.9Silver · ΔE 20.4Rosy brown · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 12.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABBD9F
Analogous#A29FBD, #BD9FBA
Triadic#BDB19F, #9FBDB1
Split complementary#BABD9F, #9FBDA2
Tetradic#BDA29F, #ABBD9F, #9FBABD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFAFB
Lighter +20%#E2DBE7
Lighter +10%#CABDD2
Darker −10%#9881A8
Darker −20%#806492
Darker −30%#654F74
Darker −40%#4B3B55
More saturated +25%#B58BD1
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R177
G159
B189
Red177 (69.4%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)18.52%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B1 · G 9F · B BD

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