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Recognised as Colour

#B48DFB

  • #B48DFB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B48DFB is a violet with RGB values 180, 141, 251 and HSL 261°, 93%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B48DFB#B48DFB
HEX#B48DFB
RGBrgb(180, 141, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.5529, 0.9843
RGB percentages70.6%, 55.3%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(261.3, 93.2%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.3, 43.8%, 98.4%)
CMYK28.3%, 43.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,832,827
CSS custom property--colour: #B48DFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.14:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#4B7204

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6DA1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#75A0F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A6A1B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.5Slate blue · ΔE 22.5Violet · ΔE 23.4Orchid · ΔE 24Medium orchid · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4FB8D
Analogous#8D9DFB, #EB8DFB
Triadic#FBB48D, #8DFBB4
Split complementary#FBEB8D, #9DFB8D
Tetradic#FB8D9D, #D4FB8D, #8DFBEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F0FE
Lighter +10%#D4BEFD
Darker −10%#945CF9
Darker −20%#732AF8
Darker −30%#5708E7
Darker −40%#4506B6
More saturated +25%#B389FF
Less saturated −25%#B89CEC

Channel breakdown

R180
G141
B251
Red180 (70.6%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue261.27°
Saturation (HSL)93.22%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 8D · B FB

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