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Recognised as Colour

#B496EB

  • #B496EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B496EB is a violet with RGB values 180, 150, 235 and HSL 261°, 68%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B496EB#B496EB
HEX#B496EB
RGBrgb(180, 150, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.5882, 0.9216
RGB percentages70.6%, 58.8%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(261.2, 68%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.2, 36.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK23.4%, 36.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,835,115
CSS custom property--colour: #B496EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37514WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.5:1
Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#4B6914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#81A5EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#87A4E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AAA4B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.3Medium purple · ΔE 19Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.4Orchid · ΔE 27.8Violet · ΔE 28.2Slate blue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDEB96
Analogous#96A2EB, #DF96EB
Triadic#EBB496, #96EBB4
Split complementary#EBDF96, #A3EB96
Tetradic#EB96A2, #CDEB96, #96EBDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1ECFB
Lighter +10%#D3C1F3
Darker −10%#956BE3
Darker −20%#7740DB
Darker −30%#5D25C3
Darker −40%#481D98
More saturated +25%#AF86FB
Less saturated −25%#B9A6DB

Channel breakdown

R180
G150
B235
Red180 (70.6%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue261.18°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 96 · B EB

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