Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#B066E5

  • #B066E5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B066E5 is a violet with RGB values 176, 102, 229 and HSL 275°, 71%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B066E5#B066E5
HEX#B066E5
RGBrgb(176, 102, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.4, 0.898
RGB percentages69%, 40%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(275, 70.9%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275, 55.5%, 89.8%)
CMYK23.1%, 55.5%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,560,677
CSS custom property--colour: #B066E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#4F991A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3C84E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#5788E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A97D9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.5Medium purple · ΔE 15.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 17Dark orchid · ΔE 19.8Slate blue · ΔE 20Orchid · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BE566
Analogous#7066E5, #E566DB
Triadic#E5B066, #66E5B0
Split complementary#DBE566, #66E571
Tetradic#E57166, #9BE566, #66DAE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4E9FB
Lighter +20%#DDBDF4
Lighter +10%#C792EC
Darker −10%#993ADE
Darker −20%#8021C4
Darker −30%#631A98
Darker −40%#47126D
More saturated +25%#B450FB
Less saturated −25%#AC7CCF

Channel breakdown

R176
G102
B229
Red176 (69%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue274.96°
Saturation (HSL)70.95%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G 66 · B E5

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “b066e5” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.