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Recognised as Colour

#B73CED

  • #B73CED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#B73CED is a violet with RGB values 183, 60, 237 and HSL 282°, 83%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#B73CED#B73CED
HEX#B73CED
RGBrgb(183, 60, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.2353, 0.9294
RGB percentages71.8%, 23.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(281.7, 83.1%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.7, 74.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK22.8%, 74.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,008,685
CSS custom property--colour: #B73CED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#48C312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#267CE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B16593no 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 text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 12.6Dark orchid · ΔE 13Blue violet · ΔE 13Medium orchid · ΔE 23.9Fuchsia · ΔE 26.7Magenta · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72ED3C
Analogous#5E3CED, #ED3CCB
Triadic#EDB73C, #3CEDB7
Split complementary#CBED3C, #3CED5F
Tetradic#ED5F3C, #72ED3C, #3CCBED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF7FE
Lighter +30%#EBC8FA
Lighter +20%#D999F6
Lighter +10%#C86BF1
Darker −10%#A315E1
Darker −20%#8110B3
Darker −30%#5F0C84
Darker −40%#3E0855
More saturated +25%#BE2AFF
Less saturated −25%#AD57D2

Channel breakdown

R183
G60
B237
Red183 (71.8%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue281.69°
Saturation (HSL)83.1%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G 3C · B ED

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