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Recognised as Colour

#B452E9

  • #B452E9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B452E9 is a violet with RGB values 180, 82, 233 and HSL 279°, 77%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B452E9#B452E9
HEX#B452E9
RGBrgb(180, 82, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.3216, 0.9137
RGB percentages70.6%, 32.2%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(278.9, 77.4%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.9, 64.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK22.7%, 64.8%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,817,705
CSS custom property--colour: #B452E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21621WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.32:1
Contrast with white3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#4BAD16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4282E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original
Tritanopia#AE7097no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.4Medium orchid · ΔE 13.3Blue violet · ΔE 19.8Dark violet · ΔE 21.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.1Orchid · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87E952
Analogous#6952E9, #E952D2
Triadic#E9B452, #52E9B4
Split complementary#D2E952, #52E969
Tetradic#E96952, #87E952, #52D2E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFDAFA
Lighter +20%#DBACF5
Lighter +10%#C87FEF
Darker −10%#A025E3
Darker −20%#8318BD
Darker −30%#641290
Darker −40%#440D62
More saturated +25%#BB3CFF
Less saturated −25%#AD6AD1

Channel breakdown

R180
G82
B233
Red180 (70.6%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue278.94°
Saturation (HSL)77.44%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 52 · B E9

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