Recognised as Colour

#B27ADA

#B27ADA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#B27ADA is a violet with RGB values 178, 122, 218 and HSL 275°, 56%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B27ADA#B27ADA

HEX#B27ADA

RGBrgb(178, 122, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.4784, 0.8549

RGB percentages69.8%, 47.8%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(275, 56.5%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275, 44%, 85.5%)

CMYK18.3%, 44%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,696,858

CSS custom property--colour: #B27ADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.69:1

Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#4D8525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#658FDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7392D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Tritanopia#AD89A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.9 Orchid · ΔE 17.3 Violet · ΔE 19.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 21.7 Slate blue · ΔE 22.8 Plum · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A2DA7A

Analogous#827ADA, #DA7AD2

Triadic#DAB27A, #7ADAB2

Split complementary#D2DA7A, #7ADA82

Tetradic#DA827A, #A2DA7A, #7AD2DA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F2FB

Lighter +20%#E0CAF0

Lighter +10%#C9A2E5

Darker −10%#9B52CF

Darker −20%#8234BA

Darker −30%#662992

Darker −40%#4A1E6A

More saturated +25%#B665EF

Less saturated −25%#AE8FC5

Channel breakdown

R178

G122

B218

Red178 (69.8%)

Green122 (47.8%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue275°

Saturation (HSL)56.47%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B2 · G 7A · B DA

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