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Recognised as Colour

#B669DD

  • #B669DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B669DD is a violet with RGB values 182, 105, 221 and HSL 280°, 63%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B669DD#B669DD
HEX#B669DD
RGBrgb(182, 105, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.4118, 0.8667
RGB percentages71.4%, 41.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(279.8, 63%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.8, 52.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK17.6%, 52.5%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,954,653
CSS custom property--colour: #B669DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.05:1
Contrast with white3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#499622

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C85E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#648CDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B27C99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.5Medium purple · ΔE 14Orchid · ΔE 14.8Violet · ΔE 17.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 21Slate blue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90DD69
Analogous#7C69DD, #DD69CA
Triadic#DDB669, #69DDB6
Split complementary#CADD69, #69DD7C
Tetradic#DD7C69, #90DD69, #69CADD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3E6F9
Lighter +20%#DEBCF0
Lighter +10%#CA93E6
Darker −10%#A23FD4
Darker −20%#8729B7
Darker −30%#68208D
Darker −40%#4A1763
More saturated +25%#BE52F4
Less saturated −25%#AE80C6

Channel breakdown

R182
G105
B221
Red182 (71.4%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue279.83°
Saturation (HSL)63.04%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B6 · G 69 · B DD

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