Recognised as Colour

#BB93D7

#BB93D7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#BB93D7 is a violet with RGB values 187, 147, 215 and HSL 275°, 46%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#BB93D7

RGBrgb(187, 147, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.5765, 0.8431

RGB percentages73.3%, 57.6%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(275.3, 45.9%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 31.6%, 84.3%)

CMYK13%, 31.6%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,293,079

CSS custom property--colour: #BB93D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.27:1

Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#446C28

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#87A0DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#90A3D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B89CACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 10.9 Medium purple · ΔE 25.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.7 Thistle · ΔE 27.9 Orchid · ΔE 28.5 Violet · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 10.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AFD793

Analogous#9993D7, #D793D1

Triadic#D7BB93, #93D7BB

Split complementary#D1D793, #93D799

Tetradic#D79993, #AFD793, #93D1D7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EADDF3

Lighter +10%#D2B8E5

Darker −10%#A46EC9

Darker −20%#8C49BB

Darker −30%#713899

Darker −40%#552B73

More saturated +25%#BE80E9

Less saturated −25%#B8A5C4

Channel breakdown

R187

G147

B215

Red187 (73.3%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue275.29°

Saturation (HSL)45.95%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR BB · G 93 · B D7

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