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Recognised as Colour

#B397D0

  • #B397D0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B397D0 is a violet with RGB values 179, 151, 208 and HSL 269°, 38%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B397D0#B397D0
HEX#B397D0
RGBrgb(179, 151, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.5922, 0.8157
RGB percentages70.2%, 59.2%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(269.5, 37.7%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.5, 27.4%, 81.6%)
CMYK13.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,769,808
CSS custom property--colour: #B397D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.25:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#4C682F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DA1D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#92A3CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AF9FABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.4Thistle · ΔE 22.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.2Light steelblue · ΔE 27.4Light slate grey · ΔE 29.6Steel blue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4D097
Analogous#9798D0, #CF97D0
Triadic#D0B397, #97D0B3
Split complementary#D0CF97, #98D097
Tetradic#D09798, #B4D097, #97D0CF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6DDF0
Lighter +10%#CDBAE0
Darker −10%#9974C0
Darker −20%#8051B0
Darker −30%#66408E
Darker −40%#4D306B
More saturated +25%#B384E3
Less saturated −25%#B3AABD

Channel breakdown

R179
G151
B208
Red179 (70.2%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue269.47°
Saturation (HSL)37.75%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G 97 · B D0

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