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Recognised as Colour

#B3AAB9

  • #B3AAB9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B3AAB9 is a violet with RGB values 179, 170, 185 and HSL 276°, 10%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B3AAB9#B3AAB9
HEX#B3AAB9
RGBrgb(179, 170, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.6667, 0.7255
RGB percentages70.2%, 66.7%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(276, 9.7%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 8.1%, 72.5%)
CMYK3.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,774,649
CSS custom property--colour: #B3AAB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41836WCAG 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 9.37:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#4C5546

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8ADBAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAADB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#B3ACAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9Silver · ΔE 11.3Thistle · ΔE 12.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.7Light grey · ΔE 16.4Light slate grey · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0B9AA
Analogous#ABAAB9, #B9AAB8
Triadic#B9B3AA, #AAB9B3
Split complementary#B8B9AA, #AAB9AB
Tetradic#B9ABAA, #B0B9AA, #AAB8B9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#E5E2E7
Lighter +10%#CCC6D0
Darker −10%#9A8EA2
Darker −20%#81728B
Darker −30%#675B6F
Darker −40%#4D4453
More saturated +25%#B797CC
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R179
G170
B185
Red179 (70.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)9.68%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G AA · B B9

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