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Recognised as Colour

#B7ADCB

  • #B7ADCB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B7ADCB is a violet with RGB values 183, 173, 203 and HSL 260°, 22%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B7ADCB#B7ADCB
HEX#B7ADCB
RGBrgb(183, 173, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.6784, 0.7961
RGB percentages71.8%, 67.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(260, 22.4%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 14.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK9.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,037,579
CSS custom property--colour: #B7ADCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.85:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#485234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B1CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B1CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#B4B1B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12.3Dark grey · ΔE 17.1Silver · ΔE 17.6Light slate grey · ΔE 20.4Lavender · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1CBAD
Analogous#ADB2CB, #C6ADCB
Triadic#CBB7AD, #ADCBB7
Split complementary#CBC6AD, #B2CBAD
Tetradic#CBADB2, #C1CBAD, #ADCBC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEEBF3
Lighter +10%#D2CCDF
Darker −10%#9C8EB7
Darker −20%#806FA3
Darker −30%#675788
Darker −40%#504369
More saturated +25%#B19CDC
Less saturated −25%#BCBCBC

Channel breakdown

R183
G173
B203
Red183 (71.8%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)22.39%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G AD · B CB

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