Colour

#B499D3

#B499D3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B499D3 is a violet with RGB values 180, 153, 211 and HSL 268°, 40%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#B499D3

RGBrgb(180, 153, 211)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6, 0.8275

RGB percentages70.6%, 60%, 82.7%

HSLhsl(267.9, 39.7%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.9, 27.5%, 82.7%)

CMYK14.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,835,859

CSS custom property--colour: #B499D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.44:1

Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#4B662C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8EA3D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#93A4D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B0A1ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.4 Thistle · ΔE 22.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 27.2 Steel blue · ΔE 30 Light slate grey · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8D399

Analogous#999BD3, #D199D3

Triadic#D3B499, #99D3B4

Split complementary#D3D199, #9BD399

Tetradic#D3999B, #B8D399, #99D3D1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E8E0F2

Lighter +10%#CEBDE2

Darker −10%#9A75C4

Darker −20%#8052B4

Darker −30%#674093

Darker −40%#4E3070

More saturated +25%#B387E5

Less saturated −25%#B5ABC1

Channel breakdown

R180

G153

B211

Red180 (70.6%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue211 (82.7%)

Hue267.93°

Saturation (HSL)39.73%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B4 · G 99 · B D3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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