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Recognised as Colour

#B898ED

  • #B898ED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B898ED is a violet with RGB values 184, 152, 237 and HSL 263°, 70%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B898ED#B898ED
HEX#B898ED
RGBrgb(184, 152, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.5961, 0.9294
RGB percentages72.2%, 59.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(262.6, 70.2%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.6, 35.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK22.4%, 35.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,097,773
CSS custom property--colour: #B898ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#476712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#84A7F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AA7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AFA6B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.5Medium purple · ΔE 19.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.3Orchid · ΔE 27.4Violet · ΔE 27.6Slate blue · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDED98
Analogous#98A3ED, #E298ED
Triadic#EDB898, #98EDB8
Split complementary#EDE298, #A3ED98
Tetradic#ED98A3, #CDED98, #98EDE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4EFFC
Lighter +10%#D6C3F5
Darker −10%#9A6DE5
Darker −20%#7C41DE
Darker −30%#6223C9
Darker −40%#4C1C9D
More saturated +25%#B489FC
Less saturated −25%#BCA7DE

Channel breakdown

R184
G152
B237
Red184 (72.2%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue262.59°
Saturation (HSL)70.25%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G 98 · B ED

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