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Recognised as Colour

#B7AABA

  • #B7AABA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B7AABA is a violet with RGB values 183, 170, 186 and HSL 289°, 10%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B7AABA#B7AABA
HEX#B7AABA
RGBrgb(183, 170, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.6667, 0.7294
RGB percentages71.8%, 66.7%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(288.8, 10.4%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.8, 8.6%, 72.9%)
CMYK1.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,036,794
CSS custom property--colour: #B7AABA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.47:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#485545

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9ADBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABAFB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B7ABAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 10.2Thistle · ΔE 10.9Silver · ΔE 12Light steelblue · ΔE 14.5Light grey · ΔE 16.8Rosy brown · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 10.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADBAAA
Analogous#AFAABA, #BAAAB5
Triadic#BAB7AA, #AABAB7
Split complementary#B5BAAA, #AABAAF
Tetradic#BAAFAA, #ADBAAA, #AAB5BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFF
Lighter +20%#E7E2E8
Lighter +10%#CFC6D1
Darker −10%#9F8EA3
Darker −20%#87728C
Darker −30%#6C5B70
Darker −40%#514454
More saturated +25%#C397CD
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R183
G170
B186
Red183 (71.8%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue288.75°
Saturation (HSL)10.39%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G AA · B BA

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