Recognised as Colour
#B48BEE
- #B48BEE
- Violet
- Dark
- Nearest: Medium purple
#B48BEE is a violet with RGB values 180, 139, 238 and HSL 265°, 74%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.
Colour values
#B48BEE#B48BEE
HEX#B48BEE
RGBrgb(180, 139, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.5451, 0.9333
RGB percentages70.6%, 54.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(264.8, 74.4%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.8, 41.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK24.4%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,832,302
CSS custom property--colour: #B48BEE;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.34342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#4B7411
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#C5EE8B
Analogous#8B93EE, #E68BEE
Triadic#EEB48B, #8BEEB4
Split complementary#EEE68B, #93EE8B
Tetradic#EE8B93, #C5EE8B, #8BEEE6
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R180
G139
B238
Red180 (70.6%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue264.85°
Saturation (HSL)74.44%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 8B · B EE
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