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Recognised as Colour

#B4AADB

  • #B4AADB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B4AADB is a blue with RGB values 180, 170, 219 and HSL 252°, 40%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B4AADB#B4AADB
HEX#B4AADB
RGBrgb(180, 170, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6667, 0.8588
RGB percentages70.6%, 66.7%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(252.2, 40.5%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.2, 22.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK17.8%, 22.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,840,219
CSS custom property--colour: #B4AADB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.71:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#4B5524

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB1DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0B0DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#ADB2BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 16.4Light steelblue · ΔE 18.1Plum · ΔE 19.2Light slate grey · ΔE 25.6Light skyblue · ΔE 26Lavender · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 16.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D1DBAA
Analogous#AAB8DB, #CDAADB
Triadic#DBB4AA, #AADBB4
Split complementary#DBCDAA, #B8DBAA
Tetradic#DBAAB8, #D1DBAA, #AADBCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F2F9
Lighter +10%#D4CEEA
Darker −10%#9486CC
Darker −20%#7562BD
Darker −30%#5A46A6
Darker −40%#463782
More saturated +25%#AB9BEA
Less saturated −25%#BDB9CC

Channel breakdown

R180
G170
B219
Red180 (70.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue252.24°
Saturation (HSL)40.5%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G AA · B DB

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