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Recognised as Colour

#B267DD

  • #B267DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B267DD is a violet with RGB values 178, 103, 221 and HSL 278°, 63%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B267DD#B267DD
HEX#B267DD
RGBrgb(178, 103, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.4039, 0.8667
RGB percentages69.8%, 40.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(278.1, 63.4%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.1, 53.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK19.5%, 53.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,691,997
CSS custom property--colour: #B267DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24386WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#4D9822

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4784E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F89DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AD7B98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.3Medium purple · ΔE 13.6Orchid · ΔE 16.4Violet · ΔE 18.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.6Slate blue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#92DD67
Analogous#7767DD, #DD67CD
Triadic#DDB267, #67DDB2
Split complementary#CDDD67, #67DD77
Tetradic#DD7767, #92DD67, #67CDDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1E4F9
Lighter +20%#DCBAF0
Lighter +10%#C791E6
Darker −10%#9D3DD4
Darker −20%#8229B5
Darker −30%#641F8C
Darker −40%#461662
More saturated +25%#B850F4
Less saturated −25%#AC7EC6

Channel breakdown

R178
G103
B221
Red178 (69.8%)
Green103 (40.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue278.14°
Saturation (HSL)63.44%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B2 · G 67 · B DD

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