Colour

#B57EAA

#B57EAA
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B57EAA is a magenta with RGB values 181, 126, 170 and HSL 312°, 27%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B57EAA#B57EAA

HEX#B57EAA

RGBrgb(181, 126, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.4941, 0.6667

RGB percentages71%, 49.4%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(312, 27.1%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(312, 30.4%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 30.4%, 6.1%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,894,442

CSS custom property--colour: #B57EAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27648WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.53:1

Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#4A8155

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E8BACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B92A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BA808Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 22.9 Rosy brown · ΔE 24.6 Thistle · ΔE 26.1 Light pink · ΔE 29.2 Pink · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7EB589

Analogous#A57EB5, #B57E8F

Triadic#AAB57E, #7EAAB5

Split complementary#8FB57E, #7EB5A5

Tetradic#B5A57E, #7EB589, #7E8FB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDDFEA

Lighter +20%#DABFD5

Lighter +10%#C89EBF

Darker −10%#A25E95

Darker −20%#824B77

Darker −30%#62385A

Darker −40%#41263C

More saturated +25%#CE65B9

Less saturated −25%#9C979B

Channel breakdown

R181

G126

B170

Red181 (71%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue312°

Saturation (HSL)27.09%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G 7E · B AA

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Colour values

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