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Recognised as Colour

#B484EE

  • #B484EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B484EE is a violet with RGB values 180, 132, 238 and HSL 267°, 76%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B484EE#B484EE
HEX#B484EE
RGBrgb(180, 132, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.5176, 0.9333
RGB percentages70.6%, 51.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(267.2, 75.7%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.2, 44.5%, 93.3%)
CMYK24.4%, 44.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,830,510
CSS custom property--colour: #B484EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.48:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#4B7B11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6899F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#739AEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AA96AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.6Orchid · ΔE 20.4Violet · ΔE 20.9Slate blue · ΔE 21.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 22Medium orchid · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEEE84
Analogous#8489EE, #E984EE
Triadic#EEB484, #84EEB4
Split complementary#EEE984, #89EE84
Tetradic#EE8489, #BEEE84, #84EEE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBDEFA
Lighter +10%#CFB1F4
Darker −10%#9957E8
Darker −20%#7D2AE2
Darker −30%#651ABF
Darker −40%#4D1492
More saturated +25%#B273FF
Less saturated −25%#B696DD

Channel breakdown

R180
G132
B238
Red180 (70.6%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue267.17°
Saturation (HSL)75.71%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 84 · B EE

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