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Recognised as Colour

#B491D8

  • #B491D8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B491D8 is a violet with RGB values 180, 145, 216 and HSL 270°, 48%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B491D8#B491D8
HEX#B491D8
RGBrgb(180, 145, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.5686, 0.8471
RGB percentages70.6%, 56.9%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(269.6, 47.7%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.6, 32.9%, 84.7%)
CMYK16.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,833,816
CSS custom property--colour: #B491D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#4B6E27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#839EDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AA0D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AF9BABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.4Medium purple · ΔE 23.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.3Orchid · ΔE 28.8Thistle · ΔE 29.7Violet · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5D891
Analogous#9191D8, #D891D8
Triadic#D8B491, #91D8B4
Split complementary#D8D891, #91D891
Tetradic#D89191, #B5D891, #91D8D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7DCF3
Lighter +10%#CEB7E5
Darker −10%#9A6BCB
Darker −20%#8146BD
Darker −30%#67369A
Darker −40%#4E2974
More saturated +25%#B47EEB
Less saturated −25%#B4A4C5

Channel breakdown

R180
G145
B216
Red180 (70.6%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue269.58°
Saturation (HSL)47.65%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B4 · G 91 · B D8

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