Recognised as Colour

#D9B0FB

#D9B0FB
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#D9B0FB is a violet with RGB values 217, 176, 251 and HSL 273°, 90%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#D9B0FB#D9B0FB

HEX#D9B0FB

RGBrgb(217, 176, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.6902, 0.9843

RGB percentages85.1%, 69%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(272.8, 90.4%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 29.9%, 98.4%)

CMYK13.5%, 29.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,266,619

CSS custom property--colour: #D9B0FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52767WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.55:1

Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#264F04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3BEFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABC1F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D5BACBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.3 Thistle · ΔE 27.2 Violet · ΔE 29.4 Medium purple · ΔE 30.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.5 Orchid · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D2FBB0

Analogous#B3B0FB, #FBB0F8

Triadic#FBD9B0, #B0FBD9

Split complementary#F7FBB0, #B0FBB4

Tetradic#FBB4B0, #D2FBB0, #B0F8FB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F0E1FD

Darker −10%#C27FF9

Darker −20%#AA4FF6

Darker −30%#931EF4

Darker −40%#790BD4

More saturated +25%#D9ACFF

Less saturated −25%#D8BAF1

Channel breakdown

R217

G176

B251

Red217 (85.1%)

Green176 (69%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue272.8°

Saturation (HSL)90.36%

Lightness83.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D9 · G B0 · B FB

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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