Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#B69BEE

  • #B69BEE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B69BEE is a violet with RGB values 182, 155, 238 and HSL 260°, 71%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B69BEE#B69BEE
HEX#B69BEE
RGBrgb(182, 155, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.6078, 0.9333
RGB percentages71.4%, 60.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(259.5, 70.9%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 34.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK23.5%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,967,470
CSS custom property--colour: #B69BEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.91:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#496411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87A9F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BA8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#ABA9BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.6Medium purple · ΔE 21.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.9Orchid · ΔE 29.4Violet · ΔE 29.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3EE9B
Analogous#9BA9EE, #E09BEE
Triadic#EEB69B, #9BEEB6
Split complementary#EEE09B, #A9EE9B
Tetradic#EE9BA9, #D3EE9B, #9BEEDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F2FD
Lighter +10%#D6C7F5
Darker −10%#966FE7
Darker −20%#7644DF
Darker −30%#5A23CD
Darker −40%#471BA2
More saturated +25%#B18CFD
Less saturated −25%#BBAADF

Channel breakdown

R182
G155
B238
Red182 (71.4%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue259.52°
Saturation (HSL)70.94%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B6 · G 9B · B EE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “b69bee” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.