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Recognised as Colour

#B3A3B8

  • #B3A3B8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B3A3B8 is a violet with RGB values 179, 163, 184 and HSL 286°, 13%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B3A3B8#B3A3B8
HEX#B3A3B8
RGBrgb(179, 163, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.6392, 0.7216
RGB percentages70.2%, 63.9%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(285.7, 12.9%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.7, 11.4%, 72.2%)
CMYK2.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,772,856
CSS custom property--colour: #B3A3B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39239WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.85:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#4C5C47

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A7B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A9B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B3A5AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 11.7Dark grey · ΔE 13Silver · ΔE 15.7Light steelblue · ΔE 15.9Rosy brown · ΔE 17.8Light slate grey · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 11.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8B8A3
Analogous#A9A3B8, #B8A3B3
Triadic#B8B3A3, #A3B8B3
Split complementary#B3B8A3, #A3B8A9
Tetradic#B8A9A3, #A8B8A3, #A3B3B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF9FB
Lighter +20%#E3DDE4
Lighter +10%#CBC0CE
Darker −10%#9B86A2
Darker −20%#836B8A
Darker −30%#68556D
Darker −40%#4C3E51
More saturated +25%#BE8FCC
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R179
G163
B184
Red179 (70.2%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue285.71°
Saturation (HSL)12.88%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G A3 · B B8

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