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Recognised as Colour

#B73ADD

  • #B73ADD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B73ADD is a violet with RGB values 183, 58, 221 and HSL 286°, 71%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B73ADD#B73ADD
HEX#B73ADD
RGBrgb(183, 58, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.2275, 0.8667
RGB percentages71.8%, 22.7%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(286, 70.6%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286, 73.8%, 86.7%)
CMYK17.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,008,157
CSS custom property--colour: #B73ADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.66:1
Contrast with white4.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#48C522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C7AD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B55D89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9Dark violet · ΔE 16Medium orchid · ΔE 17.4Blue violet · ΔE 17.5Dark magenta · ΔE 28.1Fuchsia · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#60DD3A
Analogous#663ADD, #DD3AB1
Triadic#DDB73A, #3ADDB7
Split complementary#B2DD3A, #3ADD66
Tetradic#DD663A, #60DD3A, #3AB2DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7E8FB
Lighter +30%#E7BCF4
Lighter +20%#D791EC
Lighter +10%#C765E5
Darker −10%#9D22C2
Darker −20%#7A1A97
Darker −30%#57136B
Darker −40%#340B40
More saturated +25%#C61DFA
Less saturated −25%#A857C0

Channel breakdown

R183
G58
B221
Red183 (71.8%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue286.01°
Saturation (HSL)70.56%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G 3A · B DD

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