Recognised as Colour

#B19EFD

#B19EFD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#B19EFD is a blue with RGB values 177, 158, 253 and HSL 252°, 96%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B19EFD#B19EFD

HEX#B19EFD

RGBrgb(177, 158, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.6941, 0.6196, 0.9922

RGB percentages69.4%, 62%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(252, 96%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(252, 37.5%, 99.2%)

CMYK30%, 37.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,640,573

CSS custom property--colour: #B19EFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1

Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#4E6102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#83ADFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#84AAFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A0AFC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 18.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.2 Plum · ΔE 23.7 Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.6 Slate blue · ΔE 29.3 Violet · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 18.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EAFD9E

Analogous#9EBBFD, #E19EFD

Triadic#FDB19E, #9EFDB1

Split complementary#FDE19E, #BBFD9E

Tetradic#FD9EBB, #EAFD9E, #9EFDE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D9D0FE

Darker −10%#896CFC

Darker −20%#613AFB

Darker −30%#3808FA

Darker −40%#2C04CB

More saturated +25%#B09CFF

Less saturated −25%#B8AAF1

Channel breakdown

R177

G158

B253

Red177 (69.4%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue252°

Saturation (HSL)95.96%

Lightness80.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B1 · G 9E · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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