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Recognised as Colour

#B38AEF

  • #B38AEF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B38AEF is a violet with RGB values 179, 138, 239 and HSL 264°, 76%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B38AEF#B38AEF
HEX#B38AEF
RGBrgb(179, 138, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.5412, 0.9373
RGB percentages70.2%, 54.1%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(264.4, 75.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.4, 42.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK25.1%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,766,511
CSS custom property--colour: #B38AEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.8:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#4C7510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F9DF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#789DECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Tritanopia#A89BB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.2Orchid · ΔE 22.5Violet · ΔE 22.9Slate blue · ΔE 23.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.5Plum · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6EF8A
Analogous#8A94EF, #E58AEF
Triadic#EFB38A, #8AEFB3
Split complementary#EFE58A, #94EF8A
Tetradic#EF8A94, #C6EF8A, #8AEFE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDE4FB
Lighter +10%#D0B7F5
Darker −10%#965DE9
Darker −20%#7930E3
Darker −30%#601BC5
Darker −40%#4A1598
More saturated +25%#B07AFF
Less saturated −25%#B69BDE

Channel breakdown

R179
G138
B239
Red179 (70.2%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue264.36°
Saturation (HSL)75.94%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B3 · G 8A · B EF

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