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Recognised as Colour

#B79FED

  • #B79FED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#B79FED is a violet with RGB values 183, 159, 237 and HSL 258°, 68%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#B79FED#B79FED
HEX#B79FED
RGBrgb(183, 159, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.6235, 0.9294
RGB percentages71.8%, 62.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(258.5, 68.4%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 32.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK22.8%, 32.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,034,029
CSS custom property--colour: #B79FED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.2:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#486012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8CACF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#90ABEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#ADACBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.9Medium purple · ΔE 24.1Thistle · ΔE 30.7Orchid · ΔE 31.6Violet · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5ED9F
Analogous#9FAEED, #DE9FED
Triadic#EDB79F, #9FEDB7
Split complementary#EDDE9F, #AEED9F
Tetradic#ED9FAE, #D5ED9F, #9FEDDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F5FD
Lighter +10%#D7CAF5
Darker −10%#9774E5
Darker −20%#7749DD
Darker −30%#5A26CD
Darker −40%#471EA2
More saturated +25%#B291FB
Less saturated −25%#BCADDF

Channel breakdown

R183
G159
B237
Red183 (71.8%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue258.46°
Saturation (HSL)68.42%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B7 · G 9F · B ED

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