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Recognised as Colour

#B49AEA

  • #B49AEA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B49AEA is a violet with RGB values 180, 154, 234 and HSL 260°, 66%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B49AEA#B49AEA
HEX#B49AEA
RGBrgb(180, 154, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6039, 0.9176
RGB percentages70.6%, 60.4%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(259.5, 65.6%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 34.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK23.1%, 34.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,836,138
CSS custom property--colour: #B49AEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#4B6515

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87A7EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BA7E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AAA7B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.7Medium purple · ΔE 21.9Orchid · ΔE 30.1Violet · ΔE 30.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0EA9A
Analogous#9AA8EA, #DC9AEA
Triadic#EAB49A, #9AEAB4
Split complementary#EADC9A, #A8EA9A
Tetradic#EA9AA8, #D0EA9A, #9AEADC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3EEFC
Lighter +10%#D3C4F3
Darker −10%#9570E1
Darker −20%#7546D8
Darker −30%#5B28C3
Darker −40%#472098
More saturated +25%#AF8BF9
Less saturated −25%#B9A9DB

Channel breakdown

R180
G154
B234
Red180 (70.6%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue259.5°
Saturation (HSL)65.57%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 9A · B EA

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