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Recognised as Colour

#B547E7

  • #B547E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B547E7 is a violet with RGB values 181, 71, 231 and HSL 281°, 77%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B547E7#B547E7
HEX#B547E7
RGBrgb(181, 71, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.2784, 0.9059
RGB percentages71%, 27.8%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(281.3, 76.9%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.3, 69.3%, 90.6%)
CMYK21.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,880,423
CSS custom property--colour: #B547E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#4AB818

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0076ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#3A7EE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B06992no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.1Blue violet · ΔE 16.6Medium orchid · ΔE 16.7Dark violet · ΔE 17.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.2Dark magenta · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79E747
Analogous#6547E7, #E747C9
Triadic#E7B547, #47E7B5
Split complementary#C9E747, #47E765
Tetradic#E76547, #79E747, #47C9E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFBFF
Lighter +30%#EBCEF9
Lighter +20%#D9A1F3
Lighter +10%#C774ED
Darker −10%#A21DDE
Darker −20%#8117B1
Darker −30%#601184
Darker −40%#3F0B57
More saturated +25%#BE2FFF
Less saturated −25%#AB61CD

Channel breakdown

R181
G71
B231
Red181 (71%)
Green71 (27.8%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue281.25°
Saturation (HSL)76.92%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G 47 · B E7

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