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Recognised as Colour

#B72DE9

  • #B72DE9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B72DE9 is a violet with RGB values 183, 45, 233 and HSL 284°, 81%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B72DE9#B72DE9
HEX#B72DE9
RGBrgb(183, 45, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.1765, 0.9137
RGB percentages71.8%, 17.6%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(284, 81%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 80.7%, 91.4%)
CMYK21.5%, 80.7%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,004,841
CSS custom property--colour: #B72DE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#48D216

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#1B78E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B25C8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.4Blue violet · ΔE 13.1Dark orchid · ΔE 15.3Fuchsia · ΔE 24.2Magenta · ΔE 24.2Medium orchid · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5FE92D
Analogous#592DE9, #E92DBD
Triadic#E9B72D, #2DE9B7
Split complementary#BDE92D, #2DE959
Tetradic#E9592D, #5FE92D, #2DBDE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6E6FC
Lighter +30%#E6B7F8
Lighter +20%#D789F3
Lighter +10%#C75BEE
Darker −10%#9D16CD
Darker −20%#79119F
Darker −30%#560C71
Darker −40%#330743
More saturated +25%#C117FF
Less saturated −25%#A94ACC

Channel breakdown

R183
G45
B233
Red183 (71.8%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue284.04°
Saturation (HSL)81.03%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G 2D · B E9

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