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Recognised as Colour

#B446DC

  • #B446DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B446DC is a violet with RGB values 180, 70, 220 and HSL 284°, 68%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B446DC#B446DC
HEX#B446DC
RGBrgb(180, 70, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.2745, 0.8627
RGB percentages70.6%, 27.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(284, 68.2%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 68.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK18.2%, 68.2%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,814,620
CSS custom property--colour: #B446DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#4BB923

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0073E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#447CD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B1648Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.3Medium orchid · ΔE 12Blue violet · ΔE 20.4Dark violet · ΔE 20.5Dark magenta · ΔE 26Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EDC46
Analogous#6946DC, #DC46B9
Triadic#DCB446, #46DCB4
Split complementary#B9DC46, #46DC69
Tetradic#DC6946, #6EDC46, #46B9DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF2FC
Lighter +30%#E8C7F4
Lighter +20%#D79CEC
Lighter +10%#C571E4
Darker −10%#9E26C9
Darker −20%#7C1E9E
Darker −30%#5A1673
Darker −40%#390E48
More saturated +25%#C12AF8
Less saturated −25%#A762C1

Channel breakdown

R180
G70
B220
Red180 (70.6%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue284°
Saturation (HSL)68.18%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 46 · B DC

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