Recognised as Colour

#B588EE

#B588EE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#B588EE is a violet with RGB values 181, 136, 238 and HSL 266°, 75%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#B588EE

RGBrgb(181, 136, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.5333, 0.9333

RGB percentages71%, 53.3%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(266.5, 75%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.5, 42.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK23.9%, 42.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,897,070

CSS custom property--colour: #B588EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33605WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1

Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#4A7711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D9CF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#789DEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AB99B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.9 Orchid · ΔE 21.2 Violet · ΔE 21.6 Slate blue · ΔE 23.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1EE88

Analogous#888EEE, #E888EE

Triadic#EEB588, #88EEB5

Split complementary#EEE888, #8EEE88

Tetradic#EE888E, #C1EE88, #88EEE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EDE1FB

Lighter +10%#D1B5F4

Darker −10%#995BE8

Darker −20%#7E2FE1

Darker −30%#651CC1

Darker −40%#4E1595

More saturated +25%#B377FF

Less saturated −25%#B799DD

Channel breakdown

R181

G136

B238

Red181 (71%)

Green136 (53.3%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue266.47°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness73.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B5 · G 88 · B EE

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