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Colour

#B99CEF

  • #B99CEF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B99CEF is a violet with RGB values 185, 156, 239 and HSL 261°, 72%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B99CEF#B99CEF
HEX#B99CEF
RGBrgb(185, 156, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.6118, 0.9373
RGB percentages72.5%, 61.2%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(261, 72.2%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 34.7%, 93.7%)
CMYK22.6%, 34.7%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,164,335
CSS custom property--colour: #B99CEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.06:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#466310

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#88AAF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DAAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AFA9BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17Medium purple · ΔE 21.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.7Orchid · ΔE 29Violet · ΔE 29.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D2EF9C
Analogous#9CA9EF, #E39CEF
Triadic#EFB99C, #9CEFB9
Split complementary#EFE39C, #A9EF9C
Tetradic#EF9CA9, #D2EF9C, #9CEFE3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F4FD
Lighter +10%#D8C8F6
Darker −10%#9A70E8
Darker −20%#7B44E1
Darker −30%#5F22D0
Darker −40%#4B1BA4
More saturated +25%#B58EFD
Less saturated −25%#BDAAE1

Channel breakdown

R185
G156
B239
Red185 (72.5%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue260.96°
Saturation (HSL)72.17%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G 9C · B EF

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