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Recognised as Colour

#B444EA

  • #B444EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B444EA is a violet with RGB values 180, 68, 234 and HSL 280°, 80%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B444EA#B444EA
HEX#B444EA
RGBrgb(180, 68, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.2667, 0.9176
RGB percentages70.6%, 26.7%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(280.5, 79.8%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.5, 70.9%, 91.8%)
CMYK23.1%, 70.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,814,122
CSS custom property--colour: #B444EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19778WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#4BBB15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#307DE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AE6893no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10Blue violet · ΔE 14.5Dark violet · ΔE 15.3Medium orchid · ΔE 19.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.5Fuchsia · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7AEA44
Analogous#6144EA, #EA44CD
Triadic#EAB444, #44EAB4
Split complementary#CDEA44, #44EA61
Tetradic#EA6144, #7AEA44, #44CDEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFBFF
Lighter +30%#EBCEF9
Lighter +20%#D9A0F4
Lighter +10%#C672EF
Darker −10%#A019E2
Darker −20%#8014B4
Darker −30%#5F0F86
Darker −40%#3F0A58
More saturated +25%#BB2FFF
Less saturated −25%#AB5ED0

Channel breakdown

R180
G68
B234
Red180 (70.6%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue280.48°
Saturation (HSL)79.81%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 44 · B EA

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