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Recognised as Colour

#B8B0BE

  • #B8B0BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B8B0BE is a violet with RGB values 184, 176, 190 and HSL 274°, 10%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B8B0BE#B8B0BE
HEX#B8B0BE
RGBrgb(184, 176, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.6902, 0.7451
RGB percentages72.2%, 69%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(274.3, 9.7%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 7.4%, 74.5%)
CMYK3.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,103,870
CSS custom property--colour: #B8B0BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44959WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.99:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#474F41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEB2BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0B3BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B8B2B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9Silver · ΔE 9.5Thistle · ΔE 11Light steelblue · ΔE 12.6Light grey · ΔE 14.3Gainsboro · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6BEB0
Analogous#B1B0BE, #BEB0BD
Triadic#BEB8B0, #B0BEB8
Split complementary#BDBEB0, #B0BEB1
Tetradic#BEB1B0, #B6BEB0, #B0BDBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAE8EC
Lighter +10%#D1CCD5
Darker −10%#9F94A7
Darker −20%#867890
Darker −30%#6C6075
Darker −40%#524959
More saturated +25%#BB9ED0
Less saturated −25%#B7B7B7

Channel breakdown

R184
G176
B190
Red184 (72.2%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue274.29°
Saturation (HSL)9.72%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G B0 · B BE

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