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Recognised as Colour

#B424FA

  • #B424FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B424FA is a violet with RGB values 180, 36, 250 and HSL 280°, 96%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B424FA#B424FA
HEX#B424FA
RGBrgb(180, 36, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.1412, 0.9804
RGB percentages70.6%, 14.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(280.4, 95.5%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 85.6%, 98%)
CMYK28%, 85.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,805,946
CSS custom property--colour: #B424FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#4BDB05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0077F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AA6296no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 13Blue violet · ΔE 14.6Dark orchid · ΔE 24.5Fuchsia · ΔE 24.7Magenta · ΔE 24.7Medium blue · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 13.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AFA24
Analogous#4924FA, #FA24D5
Triadic#FAB424, #24FAB4
Split complementary#D5FA24, #24FA49
Tetradic#FA4924, #6AFA24, #24D5FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8EBFF
Lighter +30%#E7BAFD
Lighter +20%#D688FC
Lighter +10%#C556FB
Darker −10%#9C05E6
Darker −20%#7A04B4
Darker −30%#580382
Darker −40%#370250
More saturated +25%#B61FFF
Less saturated −25%#AA40DE

Channel breakdown

R180
G36
B250
Red180 (70.6%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue280.37°
Saturation (HSL)95.54%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 24 · B FA

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