Recognised as Colour

#B398E8

#B398E8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B398E8 is a violet with RGB values 179, 152, 232 and HSL 260°, 63%, 75%. 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

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HEX#B398E8

RGBrgb(179, 152, 232)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.5961, 0.9098

RGB percentages70.2%, 59.6%, 91%

HSLhsl(260.2, 63.5%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.2, 34.5%, 91%)

CMYK22.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,770,088

CSS custom property--colour: #B398E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.57:1

Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#4C6717

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85A5EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#89A5E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A9A5B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 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 text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17 Medium purple · ΔE 21.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.8 Orchid · ΔE 29.7 Violet · ΔE 30.2 Dodgerblue · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CDE898

Analogous#98A5E8, #DB98E8

Triadic#E8B398, #98E8B3

Split complementary#E8DB98, #A5E898

Tetradic#E898A5, #CDE898, #98E8DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1EBFB

Lighter +10%#D2C2F1

Darker −10%#946EDF

Darker −20%#7545D5

Darker −30%#5C2ABD

Darker −40%#472193

More saturated +25%#AE88F8

Less saturated −25%#B8A8D8

Channel breakdown

R179

G152

B232

Red179 (70.2%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue260.25°

Saturation (HSL)63.49%

Lightness75.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B3 · G 98 · B E8

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