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Recognised as Colour

#B48DFF

  • #B48DFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B48DFF is a violet with RGB values 180, 141, 255 and HSL 261°, 100%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B48DFF#B48DFF
HEX#B48DFF
RGBrgb(180, 141, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.5529, 1
RGB percentages70.6%, 55.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(260.5, 100%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 44.7%, 100%)
CMYK29.4%, 44.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,832,831
CSS custom property--colour: #B48DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#4B7200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6AA2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#72A1FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A5A2BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.1Slate blue · ΔE 22.1Violet · ΔE 23.7Orchid · ΔE 24.6Medium orchid · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8FF8D
Analogous#8D9FFF, #ED8DFF
Triadic#FFB48D, #8DFFB4
Split complementary#FFED8D, #9FFF8D
Tetradic#FF8D9F, #D8FF8D, #8DFFED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F3FF
Lighter +10%#D6C0FF
Darker −10%#925AFF
Darker −20%#7127FF
Darker −30%#5300F3
Darker −40%#4200C0
More saturated +25%#B48DFF
Less saturated −25%#B99BF1

Channel breakdown

R180
G141
B255
Red180 (70.6%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue260.53°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 8D · B FF

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