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Recognised as Colour

#B656DE

  • #B656DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B656DE is a violet with RGB values 182, 86, 222 and HSL 282°, 67%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B656DE#B656DE
HEX#B656DE
RGBrgb(182, 86, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.3373, 0.8706
RGB percentages71.4%, 33.7%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(282.4, 67.3%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.4, 61.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK18%, 61.3%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,949,790
CSS custom property--colour: #B656DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21875WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.37:1
Contrast with white3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#49A921

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#267BE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5283DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B36F92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 5.9Dark orchid · ΔE 13.6Orchid · ΔE 21.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.4Violet · ΔE 23.1Medium purple · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 5.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EDE56
Analogous#7256DE, #DE56C2
Triadic#DEB656, #56DEB6
Split complementary#C2DE56, #56DE72
Tetradic#DE7256, #7EDE56, #56C2DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDD6F7
Lighter +20%#DBABEF
Lighter +10%#C881E6
Darker −10%#A42BD6
Darker −20%#8422AC
Darker −30%#631982
Darker −40%#421157
More saturated +25%#C03DF7
Less saturated −25%#AC6FC5

Channel breakdown

R182
G86
B222
Red182 (71.4%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue282.35°
Saturation (HSL)67.33%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B6 · G 56 · B DE

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