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Recognised as Colour

#B539DC

  • #B539DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B539DC is a violet with RGB values 181, 57, 220 and HSL 286°, 70%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B539DC#B539DC
HEX#B539DC
RGBrgb(181, 57, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.2235, 0.8627
RGB percentages71%, 22.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(285.6, 70%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.6, 74.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK17.7%, 74.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,876,828
CSS custom property--colour: #B539DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.58:1
Contrast with white4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#4AC623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A79D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B35C88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.5Dark violet · ΔE 15.7Blue violet · ΔE 17.1Medium orchid · ΔE 17.5Dark magenta · ΔE 27.9Fuchsia · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#60DC39
Analogous#6339DC, #DC39B2
Triadic#DCB539, #39DCB5
Split complementary#B2DC39, #39DC64
Tetradic#DC6439, #60DC39, #39B2DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6E6FB
Lighter +30%#E6BBF3
Lighter +20%#D590EB
Lighter +10%#C564E4
Darker −10%#9A22C0
Darker −20%#771A95
Darker −30%#551369
Darker −40%#320B3E
More saturated +25%#C41CF9
Less saturated −25%#A656BF

Channel breakdown

R181
G57
B220
Red181 (71%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue285.64°
Saturation (HSL)69.96%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G 39 · B DC

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