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Recognised as Colour

#B05CD8

  • #B05CD8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B05CD8 is a violet with RGB values 176, 92, 216 and HSL 281°, 61%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B05CD8#B05CD8
HEX#B05CD8
RGBrgb(176, 92, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.3608, 0.8471
RGB percentages69%, 36.1%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(280.6, 61.4%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 57.4%, 84.7%)
CMYK18.5%, 57.4%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,558,104
CSS custom property--colour: #B05CD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21842WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.37:1
Contrast with white3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#4FA327

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#377CDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5783D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AC7291no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 5.5Medium purple · ΔE 17.5Orchid · ΔE 18Dark orchid · ΔE 18.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.4Violet · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 5.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84D85C
Analogous#725CD8, #D85CC2
Triadic#D8B05C, #5CD8B0
Split complementary#C2D85C, #5CD872
Tetradic#D8725C, #84D85C, #5CC2D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECD7F6
Lighter +20%#D8AEEC
Lighter +10%#C485E2
Darker −10%#9C33CE
Darker −20%#7D28A6
Darker −30%#5E1E7D
Darker −40%#3F1454
More saturated +25%#B943F1
Less saturated −25%#A775BF

Channel breakdown

R176
G92
B216
Red176 (69%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue280.65°
Saturation (HSL)61.39%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G 5C · B D8

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