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Recognised as Colour

#B431DC

  • #B431DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B431DC is a violet with RGB values 180, 49, 220 and HSL 286°, 71%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B431DC#B431DC
HEX#B431DC
RGBrgb(180, 49, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.1922, 0.8627
RGB percentages70.6%, 19.2%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(286, 71%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286, 77.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK18.2%, 77.7%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,809,244
CSS custom property--colour: #B431DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17067WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#4BCE23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3176D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B25887no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.7Dark violet · ΔE 13.1Blue violet · ΔE 15.5Medium orchid · ΔE 20.6Fuchsia · ΔE 27.5Magenta · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59DC31
Analogous#5F31DC, #DC31AE
Triadic#DCB431, #31DCB4
Split complementary#AEDC31, #31DC5F
Tetradic#DC5F31, #59DC31, #31AEDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3DFFA
Lighter +30%#E4B4F2
Lighter +20%#D488EB
Lighter +10%#C45DE3
Darker −10%#9620BA
Darker −20%#73188F
Darker −30%#501163
Darker −40%#2D0938
More saturated +25%#C413FA
Less saturated −25%#A44FBE

Channel breakdown

R180
G49
B220
Red180 (70.6%)
Green49 (19.2%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue285.96°
Saturation (HSL)70.95%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 31 · B DC

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