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Recognised as Colour

#B49BE0

  • #B49BE0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B49BE0 is a violet with RGB values 180, 155, 224 and HSL 262°, 53%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B49BE0#B49BE0
HEX#B49BE0
RGBrgb(180, 155, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6078, 0.8784
RGB percentages70.6%, 60.8%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(261.7, 52.7%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.7, 30.8%, 87.8%)
CMYK19.6%, 30.8%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,836,384
CSS custom property--colour: #B49BE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.71:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#4B641F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CA7E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#90A6DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#ACA6B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.3Medium purple · ΔE 26.7Thistle · ΔE 27Light steelblue · ΔE 30.9Steel blue · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C7E09B
Analogous#9BA5E0, #D79BE0
Triadic#E0B49B, #9BE0B4
Split complementary#E0D79B, #A5E09B
Tetradic#E09BA5, #C7E09B, #9BE0D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEE9F8
Lighter +10%#D1C2EC
Darker −10%#9774D4
Darker −20%#7A4DC8
Darker −30%#6135AD
Darker −40%#4B2986
More saturated +25%#AF8BF0
Less saturated −25%#B9ABD0

Channel breakdown

R180
G155
B224
Red180 (70.6%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue261.74°
Saturation (HSL)52.67%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 9B · B E0

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