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Recognised as Colour

#B337FD

  • #B337FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#B337FD is a violet with RGB values 179, 55, 253 and HSL 278°, 98%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#B337FD#B337FD
HEX#B337FD
RGBrgb(179, 55, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.2157, 0.9922
RGB percentages70.2%, 21.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(277.6, 98%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.6, 78.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK29.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,745,277
CSS custom property--colour: #B337FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#4CC802

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#007BF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A76A9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12Dark violet · ΔE 12.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1Fuchsia · ΔE 26.5Magenta · ΔE 26.5Medium blue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81FD37
Analogous#5037FD, #FD37E4
Triadic#FDB337, #37FDB3
Split complementary#E4FD37, #37FD50
Tetradic#FD5037, #81FD37, #37E4FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDCEFF
Lighter +20%#D99CFE
Lighter +10%#C669FE
Darker −10%#A005FC
Darker −20%#8002CC
Darker −30%#610299
Darker −40%#410167
More saturated +25%#B435FF
Less saturated −25%#AD50E4

Channel breakdown

R179
G55
B253
Red179 (70.2%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue277.58°
Saturation (HSL)98.02%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G 37 · B FD

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