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Recognised as Colour

#B59ED3

  • #B59ED3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B59ED3 is a violet with RGB values 181, 158, 211 and HSL 266°, 38%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B59ED3#B59ED3
HEX#B59ED3
RGBrgb(181, 158, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6196, 0.8275
RGB percentages71%, 62%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(266, 37.6%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266, 25.1%, 82.7%)
CMYK14.2%, 25.1%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,902,675
CSS custom property--colour: #B59ED3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#4A612C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A7D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A8D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B1A5B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.7Thistle · ΔE 19.3Light steelblue · ΔE 23.9Light slate grey · ΔE 27.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.9Steel blue · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCD39E
Analogous#9EA1D3, #D09ED3
Triadic#D3B59E, #9ED3B5
Split complementary#D3D09E, #A1D39E
Tetradic#D39EA1, #BCD39E, #9ED3D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBE4F3
Lighter +10%#D0C1E3
Darker −10%#9A7BC3
Darker −20%#7F58B3
Darker −30%#674395
Darker −40%#4E3372
More saturated +25%#B38CE5
Less saturated −25%#B7B0C1

Channel breakdown

R181
G158
B211
Red181 (71%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue266.04°
Saturation (HSL)37.59%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G 9E · B D3

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