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Recognised as Colour

#B358DF

  • #B358DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B358DF is a violet with RGB values 179, 88, 223 and HSL 280°, 68%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B358DF#B358DF
HEX#B358DF
RGBrgb(179, 88, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.3451, 0.8745
RGB percentages70.2%, 34.5%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(280.4, 67.8%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 60.5%, 87.5%)
CMYK19.7%, 60.5%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,753,695
CSS custom property--colour: #B358DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.38:1
Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#4CA720

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#277CE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5183DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Tritanopia#AF7193no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 6.5Dark orchid · ΔE 14Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.9Orchid · ΔE 21.6Medium purple · ΔE 21.9Violet · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 6.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84DF58
Analogous#7058DF, #DF58C8
Triadic#DFB358, #58DFB3
Split complementary#C7DF58, #58DF70
Tetradic#DF7058, #84DF58, #58C7DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDD8F8
Lighter +20%#DAAEEF
Lighter +10%#C683E7
Darker −10%#A02DD7
Darker −20%#8122AF
Darker −30%#621985
Darker −40%#42115A
More saturated +25%#BC3FF8
Less saturated −25%#AA71C6

Channel breakdown

R179
G88
B223
Red179 (70.2%)
Green88 (34.5%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue280.44°
Saturation (HSL)67.84%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G 58 · B DF

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