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Recognised as Colour

#B169FD

  • #B169FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#B169FD is a violet with RGB values 177, 105, 253 and HSL 269°, 97%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#B169FD#B169FD
HEX#B169FD
RGBrgb(177, 105, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.4118, 0.9922
RGB percentages69.4%, 41.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(269.2, 97.4%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.2, 58.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK30%, 58.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,627,005
CSS custom property--colour: #B169FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.31:1
Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.31:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#4E9602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#208BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#458DFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A387A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.6Medium orchid · ΔE 16.8Dark orchid · ΔE 17.9Medium purple · ΔE 23.7Blue violet · ΔE 24.3Slate blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 16.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5FD69
Analogous#696BFD, #FB69FD
Triadic#FDB169, #69FDB1
Split complementary#FDFB69, #6BFD69
Tetradic#FD696B, #B5FD69, #69FDFB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5CEFE
Lighter +10%#CB9BFE
Darker −10%#9737FC
Darker −20%#7D04FC
Darker −30%#6403CA
Darker −40%#4B0298
More saturated +25%#B167FF
Less saturated −25%#B27CEA

Channel breakdown

R177
G105
B253
Red177 (69.4%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue269.19°
Saturation (HSL)97.37%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B1 · G 69 · B FD

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