Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#B51BDF

  • #B51BDF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B51BDF is a violet with RGB values 181, 27, 223 and HSL 287°, 78%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B51BDF#B51BDF
HEX#B51BDF
RGBrgb(181, 27, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.1059, 0.8745
RGB percentages71%, 10.6%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(287.1, 78.4%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.1, 87.9%, 87.5%)
CMYK18.8%, 87.9%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,869,151
CSS custom property--colour: #B51BDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#4AE420

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#1B73DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B25185no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.5Blue violet · ΔE 14.4Dark orchid · ΔE 15.6Fuchsia · ΔE 23.4Magenta · ΔE 23.4Medium orchid · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#45DF1B
Analogous#531BDF, #DF1BA7
Triadic#DFB51B, #1BDFB5
Split complementary#A7DF1B, #1BDF53
Tetradic#DF531B, #45DF1B, #1BA7DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0CDF9
Lighter +30%#E1A0F3
Lighter +20%#D372EE
Lighter +10%#C545E8
Darker −10%#9015B2
Darker −20%#6B1084
Darker −30%#460A57
Darker −40%#210529
More saturated +25%#C400FA
Less saturated −25%#A33AC0

Channel breakdown

R181
G27
B223
Red181 (71%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue287.14°
Saturation (HSL)78.4%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G 1B · B DF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “b51bdf” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.