Colour

#B689C9

#B689C9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B689C9 is a violet with RGB values 182, 137, 201 and HSL 282°, 37%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#B689C9

RGBrgb(182, 137, 201)

RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.5373, 0.7882

RGB percentages71.4%, 53.7%, 78.8%

HSLhsl(282.2, 37.2%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282.2, 31.8%, 78.8%)

CMYK9.5%, 31.8%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,962,825

CSS custom property--colour: #B689C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.41:1

Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#497636

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8097CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A9BC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Tritanopia#B591A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.6 Medium purple · ΔE 26.3 Orchid · ΔE 27.8 Thistle · ΔE 28.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.9 Violet · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9CC989

Analogous#9689C9, #C989BC

Triadic#C9B689, #89C9B6

Split complementary#BCC989, #89C996

Tetradic#C99689, #9CC989, #89BCC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F2F9

Lighter +20%#E1CFE9

Lighter +10%#CCACD9

Darker −10%#A066B9

Darker −20%#884AA2

Darker −30%#6A3A7F

Darker −40%#4D2A5C

More saturated +25%#BF73DF

Less saturated −25%#AD9EB3

Channel breakdown

R182

G137

B201

Red182 (71.4%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue201 (78.8%)

Hue282.19°

Saturation (HSL)37.21%

Lightness66.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B6 · G 89 · B C9

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Colour values

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