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Colour

#B162D8

  • #B162D8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B162D8 is a violet with RGB values 177, 98, 216 and HSL 280°, 60%, 62%. 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

#B162D8#B162D8
HEX#B162D8
RGBrgb(177, 98, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.3843, 0.8471
RGB percentages69.4%, 38.4%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(280.2, 60.2%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.2, 54.6%, 84.7%)
CMYK18.1%, 54.6%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,625,176
CSS custom property--colour: #B162D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.61:1
Contrast with white3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#4E9D27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4280DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D86D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#AD7694no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.7Medium purple · ΔE 14.8Orchid · ΔE 16.1Violet · ΔE 19Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.5Slate blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89D862
Analogous#7662D8, #D862C4
Triadic#D8B162, #62D8B1
Split complementary#C4D862, #62D876
Tetradic#D87662, #89D862, #62C4D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEDDF6
Lighter +20%#DAB4EC
Lighter +10%#C58BE2
Darker −10%#9D39CE
Darker −20%#802AAA
Darker −30%#612081
Darker −40%#421658
More saturated +25%#B94AF1
Less saturated −25%#A97BC0

Channel breakdown

R177
G98
B216
Red177 (69.4%)
Green98 (38.4%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue280.17°
Saturation (HSL)60.2%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B1 · G 62 · B D8

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