Colour

#B998D9

#B998D9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B998D9 is a violet with RGB values 185, 152, 217 and HSL 270°, 46%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#B998D9

RGBrgb(185, 152, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.5961, 0.851

RGB percentages72.5%, 59.6%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(270.5, 46.1%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.5, 30%, 85.1%)

CMYK14.7%, 30%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,163,289

CSS custom property--colour: #B998D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37781WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.56:1

Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#466726

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8CA4DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#93A6D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B5A1AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.7 Thistle · ΔE 25.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.5 Medium purple · ΔE 27.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 31 Orchid · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8D998

Analogous#9898D9, #D998D8

Triadic#D9B998, #98D9B9

Split complementary#D9D998, #98D998

Tetradic#D99898, #B8D998, #98D8D9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#ECE3F4

Lighter +10%#D2BDE7

Darker −10%#A073CB

Darker −20%#864DBE

Darker −30%#6D3A9E

Darker −40%#532C79

More saturated +25%#B986EB

Less saturated −25%#B9AAC7

Channel breakdown

R185

G152

B217

Red185 (72.5%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue270.46°

Saturation (HSL)46.1%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B9 · G 98 · B D9

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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