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Recognised as Colour

#B44EE6

  • #B44EE6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B44EE6 is a violet with RGB values 180, 78, 230 and HSL 280°, 75%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B44EE6#B44EE6
HEX#B44EE6
RGBrgb(180, 78, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.3059, 0.902
RGB percentages70.6%, 30.6%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(280.3, 75.2%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 66.1%, 90.2%)
CMYK21.7%, 66.1%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,816,678
CSS custom property--colour: #B44EE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.17:1
Contrast with white4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#4BB119

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0079EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4180E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AE6D94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.5Medium orchid · ΔE 13.4Blue violet · ΔE 19.3Dark violet · ΔE 20.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.3Orchid · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80E64E
Analogous#684EE6, #E64ECC
Triadic#E6B44E, #4EE6B4
Split complementary#CCE64E, #4EE668
Tetradic#E6684E, #80E64E, #4ECCE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDD4F9
Lighter +20%#DAA7F3
Lighter +10%#C77BEC
Darker −10%#A121E0
Darker −20%#8219B5
Darker −30%#611388
Darker −40%#410D5B
More saturated +25%#BD35FF
Less saturated −25%#AB67CD

Channel breakdown

R180
G78
B230
Red180 (70.6%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue280.26°
Saturation (HSL)75.25%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 4E · B E6

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