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Recognised as Colour

#B056FB

  • #B056FB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B056FB is a violet with RGB values 176, 86, 251 and HSL 273°, 95%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B056FB#B056FB
HEX#B056FB
RGBrgb(176, 86, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.3373, 0.9843
RGB percentages69%, 33.7%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(272.7, 95.4%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.7, 65.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK29.9%, 65.7%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,556,603
CSS custom property--colour: #B056FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.57:1
Contrast with white3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#4FA904

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0081FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#2684F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original
Tritanopia#A37AA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 13.9Blue violet · ΔE 15.3Dark violet · ΔE 19.4Medium orchid · ΔE 21.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.9Slate blue · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 13.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1FB56
Analogous#5E56FB, #FB56F3
Triadic#FBB056, #56FBB0
Split complementary#F3FB56, #56FB5E
Tetradic#FB5E56, #A1FB56, #56F3FB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6EBFF
Lighter +20%#DFBAFD
Lighter +10%#C788FC
Darker −10%#9924FA
Darker −20%#8005E6
Darker −30%#6404B4
Darker −40%#480382
More saturated +25%#B052FF
Less saturated −25%#AE6CE5

Channel breakdown

R176
G86
B251
Red176 (69%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue272.73°
Saturation (HSL)95.38%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G 56 · B FB

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