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Recognised as Colour

#B7ADBC

  • #B7ADBC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B7ADBC is a violet with RGB values 183, 173, 188 and HSL 280°, 10%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B7ADBC#B7ADBC
HEX#B7ADBC
RGBrgb(183, 173, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.6784, 0.7373
RGB percentages71.8%, 67.8%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(280, 10.1%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 8%, 73.7%)
CMYK2.7%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,037,564
CSS custom property--colour: #B7ADBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43585WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.72:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#485243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB0BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB1BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B7AFB2no 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 text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.4Silver · ΔE 10.7Thistle · ΔE 11Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4Light grey · ΔE 15.5Gainsboro · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2BCAD
Analogous#B0ADBC, #BCADBA
Triadic#BCB7AD, #ADBCB7
Split complementary#BABCAD, #ADBCAF
Tetradic#BCAFAD, #B2BCAD, #ADBABC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8E5EA
Lighter +10%#D0C9D3
Darker −10%#9E91A5
Darker −20%#86758E
Darker −30%#6B5E72
Darker −40%#514756
More saturated +25%#BD9ACF
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R183
G173
B188
Red183 (71.8%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)10.07%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G AD · B BC

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