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Recognised as Colour

#B381E7

  • #B381E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B381E7 is a violet with RGB values 179, 129, 231 and HSL 269°, 68%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B381E7#B381E7
HEX#B381E7
RGBrgb(179, 129, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.5059, 0.9059
RGB percentages70.2%, 50.6%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(269.4, 68%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.4, 44.2%, 90.6%)
CMYK22.5%, 44.2%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,764,199
CSS custom property--colour: #B381E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.21:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#4C7E18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6796EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7398E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AB92A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.6Orchid · ΔE 19.4Violet · ΔE 20.5Slate blue · ΔE 21.8Medium orchid · ΔE 22.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5E781
Analogous#8182E7, #E681E7
Triadic#E7B381, #81E7B3
Split complementary#E7E681, #82E781
Tetradic#E78182, #B5E781, #81E7E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7D7F7
Lighter +10%#CDACEF
Darker −10%#9956DF
Darker −20%#7F2BD7
Darker −30%#6621AE
Darker −40%#4D1983
More saturated +25%#B36EFA
Less saturated −25%#B394D4

Channel breakdown

R179
G129
B231
Red179 (70.2%)
Green129 (50.6%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue269.41°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G 81 · B E7

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