Recognised as Colour

#B7B2EA

#B7B2EA
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#B7B2EA is a blue with RGB values 183, 178, 234 and HSL 245°, 57%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B7B2EA#B7B2EA

HEX#B7B2EA

RGBrgb(183, 178, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.698, 0.9176

RGB percentages71.8%, 69.8%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(245.4, 57.1%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(245.4, 23.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK21.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,038,890

CSS custom property--colour: #B7B2EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47849WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.57:1

Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#484D15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4B9ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4B7E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Tritanopia#ACBBC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 18.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 19.3 Plum · ΔE 19.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 24.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.8 Lavender · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 18.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E5EAB2

Analogous#B2C9EA, #D3B2EA

Triadic#EAB7B2, #B2EAB7

Split complementary#EAD3B2, #C9EAB2

Tetradic#EAB2C9, #E5EAB2, #B2EAD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DCDAF5

Darker −10%#928ADF

Darker −20%#6C62D4

Darker −30%#473AC9

Darker −40%#372DA3

More saturated +25%#ADA6F6

Less saturated −25%#C1BEDE

Channel breakdown

R183

G178

B234

Red183 (71.8%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue245.36°

Saturation (HSL)57.14%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B7 · G B2 · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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