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Recognised as Colour

#B4A4BC

  • #B4A4BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B4A4BC is a violet with RGB values 180, 164, 188 and HSL 280°, 15%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B4A4BC#B4A4BC
HEX#B4A4BC
RGBrgb(180, 164, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6431, 0.7373
RGB percentages70.6%, 64.3%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(280, 15.2%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 12.8%, 73.7%)
CMYK4.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,838,652
CSS custom property--colour: #B4A4BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39885WCAG 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 8.98:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#4B5B43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A8BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4AABBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#B4A7ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 11.1Dark grey · ΔE 14.5Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5Silver · ΔE 16.7Light slate grey · ΔE 18.4Rosy brown · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 11.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACBCA4
Analogous#A8A4BC, #BCA4B8
Triadic#BCB4A4, #A4BCB4
Split complementary#B8BCA4, #A4BCA8
Tetradic#BCA8A4, #ACBCA4, #A4B8BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFCFD
Lighter +20%#E4DFE7
Lighter +10%#CCC1D2
Darker −10%#9C87A6
Darker −20%#836A90
Darker −30%#695473
Darker −40%#4E3F55
More saturated +25%#BB90D0
Less saturated −25%#B0B0B0

Channel breakdown

R180
G164
B188
Red180 (70.6%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)15.19%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G A4 · B BC

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