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Recognised as Colour

#B9ABC6

  • #B9ABC6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#B9ABC6 is a violet with RGB values 185, 171, 198 and HSL 271°, 19%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#B9ABC6#B9ABC6
HEX#B9ABC6
RGBrgb(185, 171, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.6706, 0.7765
RGB percentages72.5%, 67.1%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(271.1, 19.1%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.1, 13.6%, 77.6%)
CMYK6.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,168,134
CSS custom property--colour: #B9ABC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.7:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#465439

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7B0C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAB0C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#B8AEB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Dark grey · ΔE 15.8Silver · ΔE 16.7Light grey · ΔE 20.1Light slate grey · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8C6AB
Analogous#ABABC6, #C6ABC6
Triadic#C6B9AB, #ABC6B9
Split complementary#C6C6AB, #ABC6AB
Tetradic#C6ABAB, #B8C6AB, #ABC6C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECE8EF
Lighter +10%#D2C9DB
Darker −10%#A08DB1
Darker −20%#866E9D
Darker −30%#6D5781
Darker −40%#534362
More saturated +25%#BA99D8
Less saturated −25%#B8B8B8

Channel breakdown

R185
G171
B198
Red185 (72.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue271.11°
Saturation (HSL)19.15%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B9 · G AB · B C6

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