Recognised as Colour

#B084D5

#B084D5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#B084D5 is a violet with RGB values 176, 132, 213 and HSL 273°, 49%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#B084D5

RGBrgb(176, 132, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.5176, 0.8353

RGB percentages69%, 51.8%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(272.6, 49.1%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.6, 38%, 83.5%)

CMYK17.4%, 38%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,568,341

CSS custom property--colour: #B084D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1

Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#4F7B2A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7394D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D97D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original

Tritanopia#AB90A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.1 Plum · ΔE 17.4 Orchid · ΔE 23.1 Violet · ΔE 25.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.8 Slate blue · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A9D584

Analogous#8884D5, #D584D1

Triadic#D5B084, #84D5B0

Split complementary#D2D584, #84D587

Tetradic#D58784, #A9D584, #84D2D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F6FC

Lighter +20%#E1D0EF

Lighter +10%#C8AAE2

Darker −10%#985EC8

Darker −20%#7F3EB5

Darker −30%#64318F

Darker −40%#492469

More saturated +25%#B26FEA

Less saturated −25%#AE99C0

Channel breakdown

R176

G132

B213

Red176 (69%)

Green132 (51.8%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue272.59°

Saturation (HSL)49.09%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B0 · G 84 · B D5

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