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Recognised as Colour

#B45ADF

  • #B45ADF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B45ADF is a violet with RGB values 180, 90, 223 and HSL 281°, 68%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B45ADF#B45ADF
HEX#B45ADF
RGBrgb(180, 90, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.3529, 0.8745
RGB percentages70.6%, 35.3%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(280.6, 67.5%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 59.6%, 87.5%)
CMYK19.3%, 59.6%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,819,743
CSS custom property--colour: #B45ADF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.47:1
Contrast with white3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#4BA520

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2D7DE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5384DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B07294no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 5.9Dark orchid · ΔE 15.1Orchid · ΔE 20.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.8Medium purple · ΔE 21.1Violet · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 5.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85DF5A
Analogous#725ADF, #DF5AC8
Triadic#DFB45A, #5ADFB4
Split complementary#C8DF5A, #5ADF72
Tetradic#DF725A, #85DF5A, #5AC8DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEDAF8
Lighter +20%#DBAFF0
Lighter +10%#C785E7
Darker −10%#A12FD7
Darker −20%#8322B1
Darker −30%#631A86
Darker −40%#44125B
More saturated +25%#BD41F8
Less saturated −25%#AB73C6

Channel breakdown

R180
G90
B223
Red180 (70.6%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue280.6°
Saturation (HSL)67.51%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 5A · B DF

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