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Recognised as Colour

#B79EE5

  • #B79EE5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B79EE5 is a violet with RGB values 183, 158, 229 and HSL 261°, 58%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B79EE5#B79EE5
HEX#B79EE5
RGBrgb(183, 158, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.6196, 0.898
RGB percentages71.8%, 62%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(261.1, 57.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.1, 31%, 89.8%)
CMYK20.1%, 31%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,033,765
CSS custom property--colour: #B79EE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.04:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#48611A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8EAAE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#92AAE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Tritanopia#AFA9B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.2Medium purple · ΔE 26.6Thistle · ΔE 27.4Light steelblue · ΔE 31.3Steel blue · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCE59E
Analogous#9EA9E5, #DA9EE5
Triadic#E5B79E, #9EE5B7
Split complementary#E5DB9E, #A9E59E
Tetradic#E59EA9, #CCE59E, #9EE5DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3EEFB
Lighter +10%#D5C6F0
Darker −10%#9976DA
Darker −20%#7B4ECF
Darker −30%#6131B9
Darker −40%#4C2790
More saturated +25%#B28FF4
Less saturated −25%#BCADD6

Channel breakdown

R183
G158
B229
Red183 (71.8%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue261.13°
Saturation (HSL)57.72%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G 9E · B E5

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