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Recognised as Colour

#B65DFE

  • #B65DFE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B65DFE is a violet with RGB values 182, 93, 254 and HSL 273°, 99%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B65DFE#B65DFE
HEX#B65DFE
RGBrgb(182, 93, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.3647, 0.9961
RGB percentages71.4%, 36.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(273.2, 98.8%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 63.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK28.3%, 63.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,951,614
CSS custom property--colour: #B65DFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2493WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#49A201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0086FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3889FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#AA7FA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 15Blue violet · ΔE 18.3Medium orchid · ΔE 19.5Dark violet · ΔE 22.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.9Slate blue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 15.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5FE5D
Analogous#665DFE, #FE5DF5
Triadic#FEB65D, #5DFEB6
Split complementary#F5FE5D, #5DFE66
Tetradic#FE665D, #A5FE5D, #5DF5FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF5FF
Lighter +20%#E4C2FF
Lighter +10%#CD90FE
Darker −10%#9F2AFE
Darker −20%#8702F3
Darker −30%#6B01C1
Darker −40%#4F018E
More saturated +25%#B65CFF
Less saturated −25%#B471EA

Channel breakdown

R182
G93
B254
Red182 (71.4%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue273.17°
Saturation (HSL)98.77%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B6 · G 5D · B FE

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