Recognised as Colour

#B398EC

#B398EC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B398EC is a violet with RGB values 179, 152, 236 and HSL 259°, 69%, 76%. 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#B398EC

RGBrgb(179, 152, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.5961, 0.9255

RGB percentages70.2%, 59.6%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(259.3, 68.9%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.3, 35.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK24.2%, 35.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,770,092

CSS custom property--colour: #B398EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.62:1

Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#4C6713

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#83A6EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#88A5EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A8A6B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.3 Medium purple · ΔE 19.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.6 Orchid · ΔE 29 Violet · ΔE 29.4 Slate blue · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D1EC98

Analogous#98A7EC, #DD98EC

Triadic#ECB398, #98ECB3

Split complementary#ECDD98, #A7EC98

Tetradic#EC98A7, #D1EC98, #98ECDD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3EEFC

Lighter +10%#D3C3F4

Darker −10%#936DE4

Darker −20%#7342DC

Darker −30%#5925C6

Darker −40%#451D9B

More saturated +25%#AE89FB

Less saturated −25%#B8A7DD

Channel breakdown

R179

G152

B236

Red179 (70.2%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue259.29°

Saturation (HSL)68.85%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B3 · G 98 · B EC

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