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Recognised as Colour

#B466E9

  • #B466E9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B466E9 is a violet with RGB values 180, 102, 233 and HSL 276°, 75%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B466E9#B466E9
HEX#B466E9
RGBrgb(180, 102, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.4, 0.9137
RGB percentages70.6%, 40%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(275.7, 74.9%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 56.2%, 91.4%)
CMYK22.7%, 56.2%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,822,825
CSS custom property--colour: #B466E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.02:1
Contrast with white3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#4B9916

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3A86EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#578AE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AD7E9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.7Medium purple · ΔE 17.7Dark orchid · ΔE 18.7Orchid · ΔE 20.7Violet · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BE966
Analogous#7366E9, #E966DC
Triadic#E9B466, #66E9B4
Split complementary#DCE966, #66E973
Tetradic#E97366, #9BE966, #66DCE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6ECFC
Lighter +20%#E0BFF6
Lighter +10%#CA93EF
Darker −10%#9E39E3
Darker −20%#851DCC
Darker −30%#68179F
Darker −40%#4B1073
More saturated +25%#B850FF
Less saturated −25%#B07CD3

Channel breakdown

R180
G102
B233
Red180 (70.6%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue275.73°
Saturation (HSL)74.86%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 66 · B E9

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