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Recognised as Colour

#B04FEA

  • #B04FEA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B04FEA is a violet with RGB values 176, 79, 234 and HSL 278°, 79%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B04FEA#B04FEA
HEX#B04FEA
RGBrgb(176, 79, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.3098, 0.9176
RGB percentages69%, 31%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(277.5, 78.7%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.5, 66.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK24.8%, 66.2%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,554,794
CSS custom property--colour: #B04FEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.15:1
Contrast with white4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#4FB015

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0079EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#387FE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A86F96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.6Medium orchid · ΔE 15.5Blue violet · ΔE 17.5Dark violet · ΔE 19.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.4Slate blue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89EA4F
Analogous#624FEA, #EA4FD7
Triadic#EAB04F, #4FEAB0
Split complementary#D7EA4F, #4FEA63
Tetradic#EA634F, #89EA4F, #4FD7EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDD8FA
Lighter +20%#D9AAF5
Lighter +10%#C47DEF
Darker −10%#9C21E5
Darker −20%#7E16BD
Darker −30%#60118F
Darker −40%#410C61
More saturated +25%#B53AFF
Less saturated −25%#AA68D1

Channel breakdown

R176
G79
B234
Red176 (69%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue277.55°
Saturation (HSL)78.68%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G 4F · B EA

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