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Colour

#B47FE9

  • #B47FE9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B47FE9 is a violet with RGB values 180, 127, 233 and HSL 270°, 71%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B47FE9#B47FE9
HEX#B47FE9
RGBrgb(180, 127, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.498, 0.9137
RGB percentages70.6%, 49.8%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(270, 70.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 45.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK22.7%, 45.5%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,829,225
CSS custom property--colour: #B47FE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.15:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#4B8016

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6395EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7197E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Tritanopia#AC91A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.2Orchid · ΔE 18.8Violet · ΔE 19.7Medium orchid · ΔE 20.4Slate blue · ΔE 21.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4E97F
Analogous#7F7FE9, #E97FE9
Triadic#E9B47F, #7FE9B4
Split complementary#E9E97F, #7FE97F
Tetradic#E97F7F, #B4E97F, #7FE9E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7D6F8
Lighter +10%#CDABF0
Darker −10%#9B53E2
Darker −20%#8128DA
Darker −30%#671EB1
Darker −40%#4E1785
More saturated +25%#B46CFC
Less saturated −25%#B492D6

Channel breakdown

R180
G127
B233
Red180 (70.6%)
Green127 (49.8%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)70.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 7F · B E9

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