#B692FF

sRGB: 182 / 146 / 255

Ancient mountains emerge from slumber
Shimmering rivers tremble in empty gardens
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#B692FF belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 182 red, 146 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 259.8° lands in the violet region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.54:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 182, 146, 255
HSL: 259.82°, 100.00%, 78.63%
HSV / HSB: 259.82°, 42.75%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 28.63%, 42.75%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 47.617, 37.723, 99.384
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 67.816, 35.838, -49.482
WCAG relative luminance: 0.37723
24-bit decimal: 11965183

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #B692FF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 8.54:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.46:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DBFF92 sits half a turn (180°) from #B692FF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#B692FF #DBFF92

Analogous

#92A5FF and #EC92FF sit 30° to either side of #B692FF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#92A5FF #B692FF #EC92FF

Triadic

#B692FF, #FFB692 and #92FFB6 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#B692FF #FFB692 #92FFB6

Split complementary

Start at #B692FF and look across the wheel. #FFEC92 and #A5FF92 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#B692FF #FFEC92 #A5FF92

Square

Starting with #B692FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FF92A5, #DBFF92, then #92FFEC. Across the square, #B692FF pairs with #DBFF92, and #FF92A5 with #92FFEC.

#B692FF #FF92A5 #DBFF92 #92FFEC

Tetradic

#B692FF and #DBFF92 are opposites, as are #FF92DB and #92FFB6. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#B692FF #FF92DB #DBFF92 #92FFB6

Tints

Mixing #B692FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C5A8FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F0E9FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#B692FF #C5A8FF #D3BEFF #E2D3FF #F0E9FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #B692FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9275CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #241D33, the mixture is 80% black.

#B692FF #9275CC #6D5899 #493A66 #241D33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #B692FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AB8EE6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8B8499, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#B692FF #AB8EE6 #A08BCC #9687B3 #8B8499 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#B692FF

RGB

rgb(182 146 255)

HSL

hsl(259.817 100.000% 78.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #B692FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#B692FF uses 182 red, 146 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 71.4%

Green 57.3%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #B692FF is 28.6% cyan, 42.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 28.6%

Magenta 42.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB99FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B9F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #B692FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB99FF Nearest web-safe: #CC99FF

Gradient to complement

#B692FF #BCA4ED #C2B6DB #C9C9C9 #CFDBB6 #D5EDA4 #DBFF92

Color vision previews

Compare how #B692FF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#72A5FF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#79A4FC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#A7A5BC

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8E9FFF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8F9FFD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B199EA

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#A5A5A5

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#AE9CD8

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.46778 G 0.28744 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.69135 G 0.57796 B 0.97284

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.43577 G 0.29343 B 0.93932

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.258 y 0.204 Y 37.723

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 28.627 M % 42.745 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

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