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Recognised as Colour

#B162D3

  • #B162D3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B162D3 is a violet with RGB values 177, 98, 211 and HSL 282°, 56%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B162D3#B162D3
HEX#B162D3
RGBrgb(177, 98, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.3843, 0.8275
RGB percentages69.4%, 38.4%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(281.9, 56.2%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.9, 53.6%, 82.7%)
CMYK16.1%, 53.6%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,625,171
CSS custom property--colour: #B162D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.56:1
Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#4E9D2C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#467FD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Deuteranopia#6085D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AF7491no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.9Medium purple · ΔE 14.4Orchid · ΔE 14.5Violet · ΔE 18.2Slate blue · ΔE 21.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84D362
Analogous#7962D3, #D362BD
Triadic#D3B162, #62D3B1
Split complementary#BDD362, #62D379
Tetradic#D37862, #84D362, #62BDD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECDAF4
Lighter +20%#D9B2E9
Lighter +10%#C58ADE
Darker −10%#9D3AC8
Darker −20%#7F2DA2
Darker −30%#5F227A
Darker −40%#401752
More saturated +25%#BB49EC
Less saturated −25%#A77BBA

Channel breakdown

R177
G98
B211
Red177 (69.4%)
Green98 (38.4%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue281.95°
Saturation (HSL)56.22%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B1 · G 62 · B D3

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