Recognised as Colour

#B89AEC

#B89AEC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B89AEC is a violet with RGB values 184, 154, 236 and HSL 262°, 68%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#B89AEC

RGBrgb(184, 154, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.6039, 0.9255

RGB percentages72.2%, 60.4%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(262, 68.3%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262, 34.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK22%, 34.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,098,284

CSS custom property--colour: #B89AEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.87:1

Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#476513

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#87A8EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8CA8EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Tritanopia#AFA7B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.6 Medium purple · ΔE 21.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.9 Orchid · ΔE 28.7 Violet · ΔE 28.9 Slate blue · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CEEC9A

Analogous#9AA5EC, #E19AEC

Triadic#ECB89A, #9AECB8

Split complementary#ECE19A, #A5EC9A

Tetradic#EC9AA5, #CEEC9A, #9AECE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F0FC

Lighter +10%#D6C5F4

Darker −10%#9A6FE4

Darker −20%#7C44DC

Darker −30%#6126C7

Darker −40%#4C1D9D

More saturated +25%#B48BFB

Less saturated −25%#BCA9DD

Channel breakdown

R184

G154

B236

Red184 (72.2%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue261.95°

Saturation (HSL)68.33%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B8 · G 9A · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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