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Recognised as Colour

#B48BD2

  • #B48BD2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B48BD2 is a violet with RGB values 180, 139, 210 and HSL 275°, 44%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B48BD2#B48BD2
HEX#B48BD2
RGBrgb(180, 139, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.5451, 0.8235
RGB percentages70.6%, 54.5%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(274.6, 44.1%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.6, 33.8%, 82.4%)
CMYK14.3%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,832,274
CSS custom property--colour: #B48BD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.56:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#4B742D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E99D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#879CD0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B195A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.3Medium purple · ΔE 22.9Orchid · ΔE 26.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.1Violet · ΔE 28.8Thistle · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9D28B
Analogous#918BD2, #D28BCC
Triadic#D2B48B, #8BD2B4
Split complementary#CDD28B, #8BD291
Tetradic#D2918B, #A9D28B, #8BCDD2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF9FD
Lighter +20%#E4D4EF
Lighter +10%#CCB0E0
Darker −10%#9C66C4
Darker −20%#8445B2
Darker −30%#69378D
Darker −40%#4D2968
More saturated +25%#B777E6
Less saturated −25%#B19FBE

Channel breakdown

R180
G139
B210
Red180 (70.6%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue274.65°
Saturation (HSL)44.1%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 8B · B D2

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