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Recognised as Colour

#B375E4

  • #B375E4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B375E4 is a violet with RGB values 179, 117, 228 and HSL 274°, 67%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B375E4#B375E4
HEX#B375E4
RGBrgb(179, 117, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.4588, 0.8941
RGB percentages70.2%, 45.9%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(273.5, 67.3%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.5, 48.7%, 89.4%)
CMYK21.5%, 48.7%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,761,124
CSS custom property--colour: #B375E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.58:1
Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#4C8A1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#588EE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6991E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AC88A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.6Medium orchid · ΔE 15.7Orchid · ΔE 17Violet · ΔE 18.6Slate blue · ΔE 19.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6E475
Analogous#7C75E4, #E475DD
Triadic#E4B375, #75E4B3
Split complementary#DEE475, #75E47B
Tetradic#E47B75, #A6E475, #75DDE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F5FD
Lighter +20%#E2CAF5
Lighter +10%#CAA0EC
Darker −10%#9C4ADC
Darker −20%#8328CB
Darker −30%#681FA1
Darker −40%#4C1776
More saturated +25%#B560F9
Less saturated −25%#B18ACF

Channel breakdown

R179
G117
B228
Red179 (70.2%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue273.51°
Saturation (HSL)67.27%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G 75 · B E4

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