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Recognised as Colour

#B41BDE

  • #B41BDE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B41BDE is a violet with RGB values 180, 27, 222 and HSL 287°, 78%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B41BDE#B41BDE
HEX#B41BDE
RGBrgb(180, 27, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.1059, 0.8706
RGB percentages70.6%, 10.6%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(287.1, 78.3%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.1, 87.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK18.9%, 87.8%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,803,614
CSS custom property--colour: #B41BDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.06:1
Contrast with white5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#4BE421

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original
Deuteranopia#1A72DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B15184no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.4Blue violet · ΔE 14.3Dark orchid · ΔE 15.2Fuchsia · ΔE 23.8Magenta · ΔE 23.8Medium orchid · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#45DE1B
Analogous#521BDE, #DE1BA7
Triadic#DEB41B, #1BDEB4
Split complementary#A6DE1B, #1BDE53
Tetradic#DE531B, #45DE1B, #1BA6DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFCCF9
Lighter +30%#E19FF3
Lighter +20%#D371EE
Lighter +10%#C544E8
Darker −10%#8F15B1
Darker −20%#6A1083
Darker −30%#450A56
Darker −40%#210528
More saturated +25%#C300F9
Less saturated −25%#A23ABF

Channel breakdown

R180
G27
B222
Red180 (70.6%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue287.08°
Saturation (HSL)78.31%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 1B · B DE

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