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Recognised as Colour

#B070DD

  • #B070DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B070DD is a violet with RGB values 176, 112, 221 and HSL 275°, 62%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B070DD#B070DD
HEX#B070DD
RGBrgb(176, 112, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.4392, 0.8667
RGB percentages69%, 43.9%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(275.2, 61.6%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 49.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK20.4%, 49.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,563,229
CSS custom property--colour: #B070DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.21:1
Contrast with white3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#4F8F22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5489E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#668DDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#AA829Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.6Medium orchid · ΔE 14.8Orchid · ΔE 16.3Violet · ΔE 18.7Slate blue · ΔE 19.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DDD70
Analogous#7A70DD, #DD70D3
Triadic#DDB070, #70DDB0
Split complementary#D3DD70, #70DD7A
Tetradic#DD7A70, #9DDD70, #70D3DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4ECFA
Lighter +20%#DEC2F1
Lighter +10%#C799E7
Darker −10%#9947D3
Darker −20%#802CBB
Darker −30%#642391
Darker −40%#471968
More saturated +25%#B45AF3
Less saturated −25%#AC86C7

Channel breakdown

R176
G112
B221
Red176 (69%)
Green112 (43.9%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue275.23°
Saturation (HSL)61.58%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G 70 · B DD

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