Colour

#BB8AD9

#BB8AD9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#BB8AD9 is a violet with RGB values 187, 138, 217 and HSL 277°, 51%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#BB8AD9

RGBrgb(187, 138, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.5412, 0.851

RGB percentages73.3%, 54.1%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(277.2, 51%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 36.4%, 85.1%)

CMYK13.8%, 36.4%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,290,777

CSS custom property--colour: #BB8AD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.75:1

Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#447526

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7C9BDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#879ED7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B895A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.2 Medium purple · ΔE 19.8 Orchid · ΔE 22.4 Violet · ΔE 24.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.7 Slate blue · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A8D98A

Analogous#948AD9, #D98ACF

Triadic#D9BB8A, #8AD9BB

Split complementary#CFD98A, #8AD994

Tetradic#D9938A, #A8D98A, #8ACFD9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFDFF

Lighter +20%#E8D7F2

Lighter +10%#D1B0E6

Darker −10%#A564CC

Darker −20%#8E3EBF

Darker −30%#713298

Darker −40%#552572

More saturated +25%#C077EC

Less saturated −25%#B69DC6

Channel breakdown

R187

G138

B217

Red187 (73.3%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue277.22°

Saturation (HSL)50.97%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BB · G 8A · B D9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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