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Recognised as Colour

#B79AFD

  • #B79AFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B79AFD is a violet with RGB values 183, 154, 253 and HSL 258°, 96%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B79AFD#B79AFD
HEX#B79AFD
RGBrgb(183, 154, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.6039, 0.9922
RGB percentages71.8%, 60.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(257.6, 96.1%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.6, 39.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK27.7%, 39.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,032,765
CSS custom property--colour: #B79AFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.05:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#486502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7FABFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#83A9FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A8ABC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 16.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.5Plum · ΔE 23.8Violet · ΔE 26.6Orchid · ΔE 27.4Slate blue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 16.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0FD9A
Analogous#9AAEFD, #E99AFD
Triadic#FDB79A, #9AFDB7
Split complementary#FDE99A, #AEFD9A
Tetradic#FD9AAF, #E0FD9A, #9AFDE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFF
Lighter +10%#DBCCFE
Darker −10%#9368FC
Darker −20%#7036FB
Darker −30%#4C05F9
Darker −40%#3D04C7
More saturated +25%#B698FF
Less saturated −25%#BCA7F0

Channel breakdown

R183
G154
B253
Red183 (71.8%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue257.58°
Saturation (HSL)96.12%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G 9A · B FD

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