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Recognised as Colour

#B5AFDA

  • #B5AFDA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B5AFDA is a blue with RGB values 181, 175, 218 and HSL 248°, 37%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B5AFDA#B5AFDA
HEX#B5AFDA
RGBrgb(181, 175, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6863, 0.8549
RGB percentages71%, 68.6%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(248.4, 36.8%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.4, 19.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK17%, 19.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,907,034
CSS custom property--colour: #B5AFDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.11:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#4A5025

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5B5DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B3D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AEB6BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 13.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14.3Plum · ΔE 21.8Lavender · ΔE 22.8Light slate grey · ΔE 23.8Light skyblue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 13.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4DAAF
Analogous#AFBEDA, #CBAFDA
Triadic#DAB5AF, #AFDAB5
Split complementary#DACBAF, #BEDAAF
Tetradic#DAAFBE, #D4DAAF, #AFDACB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F5FA
Lighter +10%#D5D2EA
Darker −10%#958CCA
Darker −20%#7469BA
Darker −30%#584CA4
Darker −40%#453C81
More saturated +25%#AAA0E9
Less saturated −25%#C0BECB

Channel breakdown

R181
G175
B218
Red181 (71%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue248.37°
Saturation (HSL)36.75%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G AF · B DA

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