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Recognised as Colour

#B59DCF

  • #B59DCF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B59DCF is a violet with RGB values 181, 157, 207 and HSL 269°, 34%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B59DCF#B59DCF
HEX#B59DCF
RGBrgb(181, 157, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6157, 0.8118
RGB percentages71%, 61.6%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(268.8, 34.2%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.8, 24.2%, 81.2%)
CMYK12.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,902,415
CSS custom property--colour: #B59DCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.69:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#4A6230

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A6D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#99A7CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B2A4AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15Thistle · ΔE 18.3Light steelblue · ΔE 23.2Light slate grey · ΔE 26.6Slate grey · ΔE 28.3Dark grey · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7CF9D
Analogous#9D9ECF, #CE9DCF
Triadic#CFB59D, #9DCFB5
Split complementary#CFCE9D, #9ECF9D
Tetradic#CF9D9E, #B7CF9D, #9DCFCE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E1F1
Lighter +10%#CFBFE0
Darker −10%#9B7BBE
Darker −20%#8159AD
Darker −30%#68458E
Darker −40%#4F356B
More saturated +25%#B48BE1
Less saturated −25%#B6AFBD

Channel breakdown

R181
G157
B207
Red181 (71%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue268.8°
Saturation (HSL)34.25%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G 9D · B CF

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