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Recognised as Colour

#B453DC

  • #B453DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B453DC is a violet with RGB values 180, 83, 220 and HSL 282°, 66%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B453DC#B453DC
HEX#B453DC
RGBrgb(180, 83, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.3255, 0.8627
RGB percentages70.6%, 32.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(282.5, 66.2%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.5, 62.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK18.2%, 62.3%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,817,948
CSS custom property--colour: #B453DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.21:1
Contrast with white4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#4BAC23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1F79E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F81D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B16C90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 6.3Dark orchid · ΔE 12.6Orchid · ΔE 22.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.6Medium purple · ΔE 23.9Violet · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 6.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7BDC53
Analogous#6F53DC, #DC53C0
Triadic#DCB453, #53DCB4
Split complementary#C0DC53, #53DC6F
Tetradic#DC6F53, #7BDC53, #53C0DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFE
Lighter +30%#EBD2F6
Lighter +20%#D9A8ED
Lighter +10%#C67DE5
Darker −10%#A12BD1
Darker −20%#8022A7
Darker −30%#60197D
Darker −40%#3F1152
More saturated +25%#BF39F6
Less saturated −25%#A96DC2

Channel breakdown

R180
G83
B220
Red180 (70.6%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue282.48°
Saturation (HSL)66.18%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 53 · B DC

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