Colour

#B48CCE

#B48CCE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B48CCE is a violet with RGB values 180, 140, 206 and HSL 276°, 40%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#B48CCE

RGBrgb(180, 140, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.549, 0.8078

RGB percentages70.6%, 54.9%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(276.4, 40.2%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.4, 32%, 80.8%)

CMYK12.6%, 32%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,832,526

CSS custom property--colour: #B48CCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.58:1

Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#4B7331

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8199D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A9CCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Tritanopia#B295A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.3 Medium purple · ΔE 25.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.8 Orchid · ΔE 28.6 Thistle · ΔE 28.6 Violet · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A6CE8C

Analogous#938CCE, #CE8CC7

Triadic#CEB48C, #8CCEB4

Split complementary#C7CE8C, #8CCE93

Tetradic#CE938C, #A6CE8C, #8CC7CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF7FC

Lighter +20%#E3D4EC

Lighter +10%#CBB0DD

Darker −10%#9D68BF

Darker −20%#8449AB

Darker −30%#693A87

Darker −40%#4D2A64

More saturated +25%#B878E3

Less saturated −25%#B0A1BA

Channel breakdown

R180

G140

B206

Red180 (70.6%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue276.36°

Saturation (HSL)40.24%

Lightness67.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B4 · G 8C · B CE

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Colour values

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