Colour

#B59FC8

#B59FC8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#B59FC8 is a violet with RGB values 181, 159, 200 and HSL 272°, 27%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#B59FC8

RGBrgb(181, 159, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6235, 0.7843

RGB percentages71%, 62.4%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(272.2, 27.2%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.2, 20.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK9.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,902,920

CSS custom property--colour: #B59FC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1

Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#4A6037

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#99A6CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9DA8C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B3A4ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 14.7 Plum · ΔE 17.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 19.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.1 Dark grey · ΔE 24 Slate grey · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 14.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B2C89F

Analogous#A19FC8, #C89FC6

Triadic#C8B59F, #9FC8B5

Split complementary#C6C89F, #9FC8A1

Tetradic#C8A19F, #B2C89F, #9FC6C8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E7E0ED

Lighter +10%#CEBFDB

Darker −10%#9C7FB5

Darker −20%#835EA3

Darker −30%#694B83

Darker −40%#4F3863

More saturated +25%#B68CDB

Less saturated −25%#B4B2B5

Channel breakdown

R181

G159

B200

Red181 (71%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue272.2°

Saturation (HSL)27.15%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B5 · G 9F · B C8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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