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Recognised as Colour

#B736FD

  • #B736FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B736FD is a violet with RGB values 183, 54, 253 and HSL 279°, 98%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B736FD#B736FD
HEX#B736FD
RGBrgb(183, 54, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.2118, 0.9922
RGB percentages71.8%, 21.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(278.9, 98%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.9, 78.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK27.7%, 78.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,007,165
CSS custom property--colour: #B736FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#48C902

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0076FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#007DF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.7 from the original
Tritanopia#AD699Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 12.9Blue violet · ΔE 13Dark orchid · ΔE 21.4Fuchsia · ΔE 25.2Magenta · ΔE 25.2Medium orchid · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CFD36
Analogous#5336FD, #FD36E0
Triadic#FDB736, #36FDB7
Split complementary#E0FD36, #36FD54
Tetradic#FD5436, #7CFD36, #36E0FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDCDFF
Lighter +20%#DB9BFE
Lighter +10%#C968FE
Darker −10%#A504FC
Darker −20%#8402CB
Darker −30%#630298
Darker −40%#420166
More saturated +25%#B834FF
Less saturated −25%#AF4FE4

Channel breakdown

R183
G54
B253
Red183 (71.8%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue278.89°
Saturation (HSL)98.03%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G 36 · B FD

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