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Recognised as Colour

#B58BD9

  • #B58BD9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B58BD9 is a violet with RGB values 181, 139, 217 and HSL 272°, 51%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B58BD9#B58BD9
HEX#B58BD9
RGBrgb(181, 139, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.5451, 0.851
RGB percentages71%, 54.5%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(272.3, 50.6%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.3, 35.9%, 85.1%)
CMYK16.6%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,897,817
CSS custom property--colour: #B58BD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#4A7426

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C9ADCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#859DD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B096A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15Medium purple · ΔE 19.7Orchid · ΔE 24.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.4Violet · ΔE 26.4Slate blue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFD98B
Analogous#8E8BD9, #D98BD6
Triadic#D9B58B, #8BD9B5
Split complementary#D6D98B, #8BD98E
Tetradic#D98E8B, #AFD98B, #8BD6D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFF
Lighter +20%#E6D8F2
Lighter +10%#CEB1E6
Darker −10%#9C65CC
Darker −20%#843FBF
Darker −30%#693299
Darker −40%#4F2672
More saturated +25%#B678EC
Less saturated −25%#B49EC6

Channel breakdown

R181
G139
B217
Red181 (71%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue272.31°
Saturation (HSL)50.65%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B5 · G 8B · B D9

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