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Recognised as Colour

#B6B0BE

  • #B6B0BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B6B0BE is a violet with RGB values 182, 176, 190 and HSL 266°, 10%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B6B0BE#B6B0BE
HEX#B6B0BE
RGBrgb(182, 176, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.6902, 0.7451
RGB percentages71.4%, 69%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(265.7, 9.7%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.7, 7.4%, 74.5%)
CMYK4.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,972,798
CSS custom property--colour: #B6B0BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44713WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.94:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#494F41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEB2BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB2BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B5B2B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.7Silver · ΔE 9.4Thistle · ΔE 11.6Light steelblue · ΔE 12.2Light grey · ΔE 14.3Gainsboro · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8BEB0
Analogous#B0B1BE, #BDB0BE
Triadic#BEB6B0, #B0BEB6
Split complementary#BEBDB0, #B1BEB0
Tetradic#BEB0B1, #B8BEB0, #B0BEBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAE8EC
Lighter +10%#D0CCD5
Darker −10%#9C94A7
Darker −20%#827890
Darker −30%#696075
Darker −40%#504959
More saturated +25%#B39ED0
Less saturated −25%#B7B7B7

Channel breakdown

R182
G176
B190
Red182 (71.4%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue265.71°
Saturation (HSL)9.72%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B6 · G B0 · B BE

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