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Recognised as Colour

#B5A9E1

  • #B5A9E1
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B5A9E1 is a blue with RGB values 181, 169, 225 and HSL 253°, 48%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B5A9E1#B5A9E1
HEX#B5A9E1
RGBrgb(181, 169, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6627, 0.8824
RGB percentages71%, 66.3%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(252.9, 48.3%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.9, 24.9%, 88.2%)
CMYK19.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,905,505
CSS custom property--colour: #B5A9E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.73:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#4A561E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CB1E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB0DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#ACB2BCno 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 text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.5Thistle · ΔE 19.3Light steelblue · ΔE 21.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.6Light skyblue · ΔE 27.7Steel blue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5E1A9
Analogous#A9B9E1, #D1A9E1
Triadic#E1B5A9, #A9E1B5
Split complementary#E1D1A9, #B9E1A9
Tetradic#E1A9B9, #D5E1A9, #A9E1D1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F5FB
Lighter +10%#D6CFEE
Darker −10%#9483D4
Darker −20%#745DC7
Darker −30%#573EB3
Darker −40%#45318D
More saturated +25%#AD9BF0
Less saturated −25%#BDB8D3

Channel breakdown

R181
G169
B225
Red181 (71%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue252.86°
Saturation (HSL)48.28%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G A9 · B E1

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