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Recognised as Colour

#B4ACDA

  • #B4ACDA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B4ACDA is a blue with RGB values 180, 172, 218 and HSL 250°, 38%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B4ACDA#B4ACDA
HEX#B4ACDA
RGBrgb(180, 172, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6745, 0.8549
RGB percentages70.6%, 67.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(250.4, 38.3%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.4, 21.1%, 85.5%)
CMYK17.4%, 21.1%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,840,730
CSS custom property--colour: #B4ACDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.85:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#4B5325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B2DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B1D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Tritanopia#ADB3BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 16.3Plum · ΔE 20.4Light slate grey · ΔE 24.5Lavender · ΔE 24.6Light skyblue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D2DAAC
Analogous#ACBBDA, #CBACDA
Triadic#DAB4AC, #ACDAB4
Split complementary#DACBAC, #BBDAAC
Tetradic#DAACBB, #D2DAAC, #ACDACB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F3F9
Lighter +10%#D4CFEA
Darker −10%#9489CA
Darker −20%#7465BB
Darker −30%#5949A4
Darker −40%#463981
More saturated +25%#AA9DE9
Less saturated −25%#BEBBCB

Channel breakdown

R180
G172
B218
Red180 (70.6%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue250.43°
Saturation (HSL)38.33%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G AC · B DA

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