Colour

#B49DFF

#B49DFF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#B49DFF is a blue with RGB values 180, 157, 255 and HSL 254°, 100%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#B49DFF

RGBrgb(180, 157, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6157, 1

RGB percentages70.6%, 61.6%, 100%

HSLhsl(254.1, 100%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(254.1, 38.4%, 100%)

CMYK29.4%, 38.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,836,927

CSS custom property--colour: #B49DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41037WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#4B6200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#81ADFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Deuteranopia#84AAFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A3AEC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.8 Plum · ΔE 24.2 Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.2 Slate blue · ΔE 28.5 Violet · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E8FF9D

Analogous#9DB7FF, #E59DFF

Triadic#FFB49D, #9DFFB4

Split complementary#FFE59D, #B7FF9D

Tetradic#FF9DB7, #E8FF9D, #9DFFE5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DBD0FF

Darker −10%#8D6AFF

Darker −20%#6637FF

Darker −30%#3F04FF

Darker −40%#3100D0

More saturated +25%#B49DFF

Less saturated −25%#BBA9F3

Channel breakdown

R180

G157

B255

Red180 (70.6%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue254.08°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B4 · G 9D · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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