Recognised as Colour

#B29AEB

#B29AEB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B29AEB is a violet with RGB values 178, 154, 235 and HSL 258°, 67%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B29AEB#B29AEB

HEX#B29AEB

RGBrgb(178, 154, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.6039, 0.9216

RGB percentages69.8%, 60.4%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(257.8, 66.9%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.8, 34.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK24.3%, 34.5%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,705,067

CSS custom property--colour: #B29AEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.71:1

Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#4D6514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#86A7EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8AA6E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A7A7B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21 Medium purple · ΔE 21.6 Orchid · ΔE 30.5 Violet · ΔE 30.9 Dodgerblue · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D3EB9A

Analogous#9AAAEB, #DB9AEB

Triadic#EBB29A, #9AEBB2

Split complementary#EBDB9A, #AAEB9A

Tetradic#EB9AAA, #D3EB9A, #9AEBDB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3EFFC

Lighter +10%#D2C5F3

Darker −10%#926FE3

Darker −20%#7145DA

Darker −30%#5627C5

Darker −40%#431F9A

More saturated +25%#AC8BFA

Less saturated −25%#B8A9DC

Channel breakdown

R178

G154

B235

Red178 (69.8%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue257.78°

Saturation (HSL)66.94%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B2 · G 9A · B EB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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