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Recognised as Colour

#B54BED

  • #B54BED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B54BED is a violet with RGB values 181, 75, 237 and HSL 279°, 82%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B54BED#B54BED
HEX#B54BED
RGBrgb(181, 75, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.2941, 0.9294
RGB percentages71%, 29.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(279.3, 81.8%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.3, 68.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK23.6%, 68.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,881,453
CSS custom property--colour: #B54BED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#4AB412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0079F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#3680E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original
Tritanopia#AE6D97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.3Blue violet · ΔE 15.9Dark violet · ΔE 17.5Medium orchid · ΔE 18Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.6Fuchsia · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83ED4B
Analogous#644BED, #ED4BD4
Triadic#EDB54B, #4BEDB5
Split complementary#D4ED4B, #4BED64
Tetradic#ED644B, #83ED4B, #4BD4ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EED6FB
Lighter +20%#DBA8F6
Lighter +10%#C879F2
Darker −10%#A21DE8
Darker −20%#8413BF
Darker −30%#640E91
Darker −40%#440A62
More saturated +25%#BB39FF
Less saturated −25%#AD64D4

Channel breakdown

R181
G75
B237
Red181 (71%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue279.26°
Saturation (HSL)81.82%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G 4B · B ED

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