Colour

#B482BF

#B482BF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B482BF is a violet with RGB values 180, 130, 191 and HSL 289°, 32%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#B482BF

RGBrgb(180, 130, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.5098, 0.749

RGB percentages70.6%, 51%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(289.2, 32.3%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.2, 31.9%, 74.9%)

CMYK5.8%, 31.9%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,829,951

CSS custom property--colour: #B482BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.89:1

Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#4B7D40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B90C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8795BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B58998no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.7 Medium purple · ΔE 27.4 Orchid · ΔE 27.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.3 Thistle · ΔE 29.4 Violet · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8DBF82

Analogous#9682BF, #BF82AB

Triadic#BFB482, #82BFB4

Split complementary#ABBF82, #82BF96

Tetradic#BF9682, #8DBF82, #82ABBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F1E7F3

Lighter +20%#DCC5E2

Lighter +10%#C8A4D0

Darker −10%#A060AE

Darker −20%#844A91

Darker −30%#65396F

Darker −40%#47284D

More saturated +25%#C36AD7

Less saturated −25%#A59AA7

Channel breakdown

R180

G130

B191

Red180 (70.6%)

Green130 (51%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue289.18°

Saturation (HSL)32.28%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B4 · G 82 · B BF

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