Colour

#B49CFF

#B49CFF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#B49CFF is a blue with RGB values 180, 156, 255 and HSL 255°, 100%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B49CFF#B49CFF

HEX#B49CFF

RGBrgb(180, 156, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6118, 1

RGB percentages70.6%, 61.2%, 100%

HSLhsl(254.5, 100%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(254.5, 38.8%, 100%)

CMYK29.4%, 38.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,836,671

CSS custom property--colour: #B49CFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.14:1

Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#4B6300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#80ACFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#83A9FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A4AEC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.1 Plum · ΔE 24.5 Slate blue · ΔE 28 Violet · ΔE 28.2 Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E7FF9C

Analogous#9CB6FF, #E59CFF

Triadic#FFB49C, #9CFFB4

Split complementary#FFE59C, #B6FF9C

Tetradic#FF9CB6, #E7FF9C, #9CFFE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DBCFFF

Darker −10%#8D69FF

Darker −20%#6736FF

Darker −30%#4003FF

Darker −40%#3200CF

More saturated +25%#B49CFF

Less saturated −25%#BAA8F3

Channel breakdown

R180

G156

B255

Red180 (70.6%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue254.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness80.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B4 · G 9C · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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