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Recognised as Colour

#B47DFF

  • #B47DFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B47DFF is a violet with RGB values 180, 125, 255 and HSL 265°, 100%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B47DFF#B47DFF
HEX#B47DFF
RGBrgb(180, 125, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.4902, 1
RGB percentages70.6%, 49%, 100%
HSLhsl(265.4, 100%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.4, 51%, 100%)
CMYK29.4%, 51%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,828,735
CSS custom property--colour: #B47DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31591WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.32:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#4B8200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5098FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6098FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A595B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.8Medium orchid · ΔE 18.2Slate blue · ΔE 20.7Violet · ΔE 23.4Orchid · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8FF7D
Analogous#7D87FF, #F57DFF
Triadic#FFB47D, #7DFFB4
Split complementary#FFF57D, #87FF7D
Tetradic#FF7D87, #C8FF7D, #7DFFF5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFE3FF
Lighter +10%#D1B0FF
Darker −10%#974AFF
Darker −20%#7917FF
Darker −30%#6000E3
Darker −40%#4A00B0
More saturated +25%#B47DFF
Less saturated −25%#B78DEF

Channel breakdown

R180
G125
B255
Red180 (70.6%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue265.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 7D · B FF

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