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Recognised as Colour

#B7AEBC

  • #B7AEBC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B7AEBC is a violet with RGB values 183, 174, 188 and HSL 279°, 9%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B7AEBC#B7AEBC
HEX#B7AEBC
RGBrgb(183, 174, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.6824, 0.7373
RGB percentages71.8%, 68.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(278.6, 9.5%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.6, 7.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK2.7%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,037,820
CSS custom property--colour: #B7AEBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.79:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#485143

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB1BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB1BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#B7AFB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.9Silver · ΔE 10Thistle · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2Light grey · ΔE 14.9Gainsboro · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3BCAE
Analogous#B0AEBC, #BCAEBA
Triadic#BCB7AE, #AEBCB7
Split complementary#BABCAE, #AEBCB0
Tetradic#BCB0AE, #B3BCAE, #AEBABC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E6EA
Lighter +10%#D0CAD3
Darker −10%#9E92A5
Darker −20%#85768E
Darker −30%#6B5F72
Darker −40%#514856
More saturated +25%#BC9CCF
Less saturated −25%#B5B5B5

Channel breakdown

R183
G174
B188
Red183 (71.8%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue278.57°
Saturation (HSL)9.46%
Lightness70.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G AE · B BC

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