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Recognised as Colour

#B768EA

  • #B768EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B768EA is a violet with RGB values 183, 104, 234 and HSL 276°, 76%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B768EA#B768EA
HEX#B768EA
RGBrgb(183, 104, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.4078, 0.9176
RGB percentages71.8%, 40.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(276.5, 75.6%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.5, 55.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK21.8%, 55.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,019,946
CSS custom property--colour: #B768EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.18:1
Contrast with white3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#489715

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F88EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B8DE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B07F9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.1Medium purple · ΔE 17.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.4Dark orchid · ΔE 19.6Orchid · ΔE 19.8Violet · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BEA68
Analogous#7668EA, #EA68DC
Triadic#EAB768, #68EAB7
Split complementary#DCEA68, #68EA76
Tetradic#EA7668, #9BEA68, #68DCEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7EEFD
Lighter +20%#E2C2F6
Lighter +10%#CC95F0
Darker −10%#A23BE4
Darker −20%#891DCF
Darker −30%#6C17A2
Darker −40%#4E1076
More saturated +25%#BC53FF
Less saturated −25%#B27DD4

Channel breakdown

R183
G104
B234
Red183 (71.8%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue276.46°
Saturation (HSL)75.58%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G 68 · B EA

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