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Recognised as Colour

#B3A2D2

  • #B3A2D2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B3A2D2 is a violet with RGB values 179, 162, 210 and HSL 261°, 35%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B3A2D2#B3A2D2
HEX#B3A2D2
RGBrgb(179, 162, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.6353, 0.8235
RGB percentages70.2%, 63.5%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(261.3, 34.8%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.3, 22.9%, 82.4%)
CMYK14.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,772,626
CSS custom property--colour: #B3A2D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40078WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.02:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#4C5D2D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99AAD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BAAD1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AEA9B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 16.9Plum · ΔE 17.3Light steelblue · ΔE 20.3Light slate grey · ΔE 25Slate grey · ΔE 27Dark grey · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 16.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1D2A2
Analogous#A2A9D2, #CBA2D2
Triadic#D2B3A2, #A2D2B3
Split complementary#D2CBA2, #A9D2A2
Tetradic#D2A2A9, #C1D2A2, #A2D2CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBE7F3
Lighter +10%#CFC4E3
Darker −10%#9780C1
Darker −20%#7B5DB1
Darker −30%#624794
Darker −40%#4B3771
More saturated +25%#AE91E3
Less saturated −25%#B8B3C1

Channel breakdown

R179
G162
B210
Red179 (70.2%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue261.25°
Saturation (HSL)34.78%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G A2 · B D2

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