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Recognised as Colour

#B140D2

  • #B140D2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B140D2 is a violet with RGB values 177, 64, 210 and HSL 286°, 62%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B140D2#B140D2
HEX#B140D2
RGBrgb(177, 64, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.251, 0.8235
RGB percentages69.4%, 25.1%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(286.4, 61.9%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.4, 69.5%, 82.4%)
CMYK15.7%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,616,466
CSS custom property--colour: #B140D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.63:1
Contrast with white4.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#4EBF2D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006ED6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4578CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B05D85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.3Medium orchid · ΔE 10.6Dark violet · ΔE 21.5Blue violet · ΔE 22.1Dark magenta · ΔE 22.8Orchid · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61D240
Analogous#6840D2, #D240AA
Triadic#D2B140, #40D2B1
Split complementary#AAD240, #40D268
Tetradic#D26840, #61D240, #40AAD2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E5F9
Lighter +30%#E4BCEF
Lighter +20%#D393E5
Lighter +10%#C269DC
Darker −10%#952BB4
Darker −20%#73218B
Darker −30%#511762
Darker −40%#2F0D39
More saturated +25%#C123F0
Less saturated −25%#A15EB4

Channel breakdown

R177
G64
B210
Red177 (69.4%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue286.44°
Saturation (HSL)61.86%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B1 · G 40 · B D2

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