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Recognised as Colour

#B248E6

  • #B248E6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B248E6 is a violet with RGB values 178, 72, 230 and HSL 280°, 76%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B248E6#B248E6
HEX#B248E6
RGBrgb(178, 72, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.2824, 0.902
RGB percentages69.8%, 28.2%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(280.3, 76%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 68.7%, 90.2%)
CMYK22.6%, 68.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,684,070
CSS custom property--colour: #B248E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#4DB719

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0076EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#387DE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AC6992no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.5Medium orchid · ΔE 16.1Blue violet · ΔE 16.6Dark violet · ΔE 17.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 26Dark magenta · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CE648
Analogous#6348E6, #E648CB
Triadic#E6B248, #48E6B2
Split complementary#CBE648, #48E663
Tetradic#E66348, #7CE648, #48CBE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFBFF
Lighter +30%#EBCFF8
Lighter +20%#D8A2F2
Lighter +10%#C575EC
Darker −10%#9E1EDD
Darker −20%#7E18B0
Darker −30%#5E1283
Darker −40%#3E0C56
More saturated +25%#BB2FFF
Less saturated −25%#A962CC

Channel breakdown

R178
G72
B230
Red178 (69.8%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue280.25°
Saturation (HSL)75.96%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B2 · G 48 · B E6

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