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Recognised as Colour

#B157DE

  • #B157DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B157DE is a violet with RGB values 177, 87, 222 and HSL 280°, 67%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B157DE#B157DE
HEX#B157DE
RGBrgb(177, 87, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.3412, 0.8706
RGB percentages69.4%, 34.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(280, 67.2%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 60.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK20.3%, 60.8%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,622,366
CSS custom property--colour: #B157DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21437WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.29:1
Contrast with white3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#4EA821

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#247BE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E82DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AC7093no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 6.7Dark orchid · ΔE 13.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.6Medium purple · ΔE 21.8Orchid · ΔE 22Violet · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84DE57
Analogous#6E57DE, #DE57C7
Triadic#DEB157, #57DEB1
Split complementary#C8DE57, #57DE6E
Tetradic#DE6E57, #84DE57, #57C8DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECD7F7
Lighter +20%#D9ACEF
Lighter +10%#C582E6
Darker −10%#9D2CD6
Darker −20%#7F22AD
Darker −30%#5F1A82
Darker −40%#401158
More saturated +25%#B93EF7
Less saturated −25%#A970C5

Channel breakdown

R177
G87
B222
Red177 (69.4%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)67.16%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B1 · G 57 · B DE

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