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Recognised as Colour

#B45CFA

  • #B45CFA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B45CFA is a violet with RGB values 180, 92, 250 and HSL 273°, 94%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B45CFA#B45CFA
HEX#B45CFA
RGBrgb(180, 92, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.3608, 0.9804
RGB percentages70.6%, 36.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(273.4, 94%, 67.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.4, 63.2%, 98%)
CMYK28%, 63.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,820,282
CSS custom property--colour: #B45CFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.85:1
Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#4BA305

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0084FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A88F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A87DA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 14.1Medium orchid · ΔE 18.2Blue violet · ΔE 18.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.9Dark violet · ΔE 22.3Slate blue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 14.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2FA5C
Analogous#655CFA, #FA5CF1
Triadic#FAB45C, #5CFAB4
Split complementary#F1FA5C, #5CFA65
Tetradic#FA655C, #A2FA5C, #5CF1FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F0FF
Lighter +20%#E2BFFD
Lighter +10%#CB8DFC
Darker −10%#9D2BF8
Darker −20%#8507E9
Darker −30%#6906B7
Darker −40%#4C0486
More saturated +25%#B557FF
Less saturated −25%#B271E5

Channel breakdown

R180
G92
B250
Red180 (70.6%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue273.42°
Saturation (HSL)94.05%
Lightness67.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 5C · B FA

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