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Recognised as Colour

#B398FD

  • #B398FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B398FD is a violet with RGB values 179, 152, 253 and HSL 256°, 96%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B398FD#B398FD
HEX#B398FD
RGBrgb(179, 152, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.5961, 0.9922
RGB percentages70.2%, 59.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(256, 96.2%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256, 39.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK29.2%, 39.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,770,109
CSS custom property--colour: #B398FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39132WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.83:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#4C6702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7BA9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7FA7FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A3AABEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.1Plum · ΔE 25.2Slate blue · ΔE 26.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.9Violet · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2FD98
Analogous#98AFFD, #E698FD
Triadic#FDB398, #98FDB3
Split complementary#FDE698, #AFFD98
Tetradic#FD98AF, #E2FD98, #98FDE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFCFF
Lighter +10%#D8CAFE
Darker −10%#8E66FC
Darker −20%#6934FB
Darker −30%#4605F7
Darker −40%#3804C5
More saturated +25%#B296FF
Less saturated −25%#B9A5F0

Channel breakdown

R179
G152
B253
Red179 (70.2%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue256.04°
Saturation (HSL)96.19%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G 98 · B FD

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