Recognised as Colour

#B4A0C6

#B4A0C6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#B4A0C6 is a violet with RGB values 180, 160, 198 and HSL 272°, 25%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B4A0C6#B4A0C6

HEX#B4A0C6

RGBrgb(180, 160, 198)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6275, 0.7765

RGB percentages70.6%, 62.7%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(271.6, 25%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.6, 19.2%, 77.6%)

CMYK9.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,837,638

CSS custom property--colour: #B4A0C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1

Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#4B5F39

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9AA7C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Deuteranopia#9EA8C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B2A5ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 13.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 18.6 Plum · ΔE 19.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 21.8 Dark grey · ΔE 22.2 Slate grey · ΔE 23.8

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 13.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B2C6A0

Analogous#A1A0C6, #C6A0C5

Triadic#C6B4A0, #A0C6B4

Split complementary#C5C6A0, #A0C6A1

Tetradic#C6A1A0, #B2C6A0, #A0C5C6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E6E0EC

Lighter +10%#CDC0D9

Darker −10%#9B80B3

Darker −20%#8260A0

Darker −30%#684D80

Darker −40%#4E3A60

More saturated +25%#B58DD9

Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R180

G160

B198

Red180 (70.6%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue271.58°

Saturation (HSL)25%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B4 · G A0 · B C6

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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