Recognised as Colour

#B28ADD

#B28ADD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#B28ADD is a violet with RGB values 178, 138, 221 and HSL 269°, 55%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#B28ADD

RGBrgb(178, 138, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.5412, 0.8667

RGB percentages69.8%, 54.1%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(268.9, 55%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.9, 37.6%, 86.7%)

CMYK19.5%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,700,957

CSS custom property--colour: #B28ADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32862WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1

Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#4D7522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#789AE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#809BDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AC97A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.1 Plum · ΔE 17.5 Orchid · ΔE 24.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.3 Violet · ΔE 25.8 Slate blue · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B5DD8A

Analogous#8A8CDD, #DB8ADD

Triadic#DDB28A, #8ADDB2

Split complementary#DDDB8A, #8CDD8A

Tetradic#DD8A8B, #B5DD8A, #8ADDDB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E6D9F4

Lighter +10%#CCB2E8

Darker −10%#9862D2

Darker −20%#7E3BC6

Darker −30%#652EA0

Darker −40%#4C2378

More saturated +25%#B177F0

Less saturated −25%#B39DCA

Channel breakdown

R178

G138

B221

Red178 (69.8%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue268.92°

Saturation (HSL)54.97%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B2 · G 8A · B DD

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