Colour

#B397BD

#B397BD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#B397BD is a violet with RGB values 179, 151, 189 and HSL 284°, 22%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#B397BD

RGBrgb(179, 151, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.5922, 0.7412

RGB percentages70.2%, 59.2%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(284.2, 22.4%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.2, 20.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK5.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,769,789

CSS custom property--colour: #B397BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.08:1

Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#4C6842

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#939FBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#98A1BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B39BA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 16 Plum · ΔE 17.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 22.4 Rosy brown · ΔE 22.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.6 Dark grey · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 16.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A1BD97

Analogous#A097BD, #BD97B4

Triadic#BDB397, #97BDB3

Split complementary#B4BD97, #97BDA0

Tetradic#BDA097, #A1BD97, #97B4BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F5F8

Lighter +20%#E1D5E5

Lighter +10%#CAB6D1

Darker −10%#9C78A9

Darker −20%#845C92

Darker −30%#674972

Darker −40%#4B3553

More saturated +25%#BD82D2

Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R179

G151

B189

Red179 (70.2%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue284.21°

Saturation (HSL)22.35%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B3 · G 97 · B BD

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