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Recognised as Colour

#B5A9D7

  • #B5A9D7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B5A9D7 is a violet with RGB values 181, 169, 215 and HSL 256°, 37%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B5A9D7#B5A9D7
HEX#B5A9D7
RGBrgb(181, 169, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6627, 0.8431
RGB percentages71%, 66.3%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(255.7, 36.5%, 75.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.7, 21.4%, 84.3%)
CMYK15.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,905,495
CSS custom property--colour: #B5A9D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#4A5628

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB0D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1AFD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AFB0B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 17.5Plum · ΔE 19.2Light slate grey · ΔE 24.6Lavender · ΔE 25.5Dark grey · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBD7A9
Analogous#A9B4D7, #CCA9D7
Triadic#D7B5A9, #A9D7B5
Split complementary#D7CCA9, #B4D7A9
Tetradic#D7A9B4, #CBD7A9, #A9D7CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1EFF7
Lighter +10%#D3CCE7
Darker −10%#9786C7
Darker −20%#7963B7
Darker −30%#5F499E
Darker −40%#4A397B
More saturated +25%#AD99E7
Less saturated −25%#BDB9C7

Channel breakdown

R181
G169
B215
Red181 (71%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue255.65°
Saturation (HSL)36.51%
Lightness75.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G A9 · B D7

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