Recognised as Colour

#B47DCB

#B47DCB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B47DCB is a violet with RGB values 180, 125, 203 and HSL 282°, 43%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#B47DCB

RGBrgb(180, 125, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.4902, 0.7961

RGB percentages70.6%, 49%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(282.3, 42.9%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282.3, 38.4%, 79.6%)

CMYK11.3%, 38.4%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,828,683

CSS custom property--colour: #B47DCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.74:1

Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#4B8234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#708FCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E94C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Tritanopia#B3879Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.6 Medium purple · ΔE 18.9 Orchid · ΔE 20.4 Violet · ΔE 23.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 29.2 Slate blue · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#94CB7D

Analogous#8D7DCB, #CB7DBB

Triadic#CBB47D, #7DCBB4

Split complementary#BBCB7D, #7DCB8D

Tetradic#CB8D7D, #94CB7D, #7DBBCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3EAF7

Lighter +20%#DEC6E8

Lighter +10%#C9A1DA

Darker −10%#9F59BC

Darker −20%#8541A1

Darker −30%#67327D

Darker −40%#492359

More saturated +25%#BD66E2

Less saturated −25%#AB94B4

Channel breakdown

R180

G125

B203

Red180 (70.6%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue282.31°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B4 · G 7D · B CB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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