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Recognised as Colour

#B598D4

  • #B598D4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B598D4 is a violet with RGB values 181, 152, 212 and HSL 269°, 41%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B598D4#B598D4
HEX#B598D4
RGBrgb(181, 152, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.5961, 0.8314
RGB percentages71%, 59.6%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(269, 41.1%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269, 28.3%, 83.1%)
CMYK14.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,901,140
CSS custom property--colour: #B598D4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37034WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.41:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#4A672B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8DA3D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#93A4D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B1A0ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.8Thistle · ΔE 23.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.6Light steelblue · ΔE 28.5Medium purple · ΔE 30.2Steel blue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7D498
Analogous#9899D4, #D398D4
Triadic#D4B598, #98D4B5
Split complementary#D4D398, #99D498
Tetradic#D49899, #B7D498, #98D4D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E0F2
Lighter +10%#CFBCE3
Darker −10%#9B74C5
Darker −20%#8150B6
Darker −30%#683E95
Darker −40%#4F2F71
More saturated +25%#B486E6
Less saturated −25%#B6AAC2

Channel breakdown

R181
G152
B212
Red181 (71%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue269°
Saturation (HSL)41.1%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G 98 · B D4

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