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Recognised as Colour

#B08FED

  • #B08FED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B08FED is a violet with RGB values 176, 143, 237 and HSL 261°, 72%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B08FED#B08FED
HEX#B08FED
RGBrgb(176, 143, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.5608, 0.9294
RGB percentages69%, 56.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(261.1, 72.3%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.1, 39.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK25.7%, 39.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,571,181
CSS custom property--colour: #B08FED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#4F7012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#76A0F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C9FEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A49FB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14Plum · ΔE 22.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.4Orchid · ΔE 25.4Slate blue · ΔE 25.6Violet · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCED8F
Analogous#8F9DED, #DF8FED
Triadic#EDB08F, #8FEDB0
Split complementary#EDDF8F, #9DED8F
Tetradic#ED8F9D, #CCED8F, #8FEDDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEE7FB
Lighter +10%#CFBBF4
Darker −10%#9163E6
Darker −20%#7237DF
Darker −30%#591FC4
Darker −40%#451898
More saturated +25%#AB7FFD
Less saturated −25%#B59FDD

Channel breakdown

R176
G143
B237
Red176 (69%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue261.06°
Saturation (HSL)72.31%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B0 · G 8F · B ED

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