Colour

#B79FF4

#B79FF4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#B79FF4 is a violet with RGB values 183, 159, 244 and HSL 257°, 79%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#B79FF4

RGBrgb(183, 159, 244)

RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.6235, 0.9569

RGB percentages71.8%, 62.4%, 95.7%

HSLhsl(256.9, 79.4%, 79%)

HSV / HSBhsv(256.9, 34.8%, 95.7%)

CMYK25%, 34.8%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,034,036

CSS custom property--colour: #B79FF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41395WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.28:1

Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#48600B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#89ADF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8DABF2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Tritanopia#ABADBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.4 Medium purple · ΔE 21.6 Violet · ΔE 30.2 Orchid · ΔE 30.4 Dodgerblue · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DCF49F

Analogous#9FB1F4, #E29FF4

Triadic#F4B79F, #9FF4B7

Split complementary#F4E29F, #B2F49F

Tetradic#F49FB1, #DCF49F, #9FF4E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFBFE

Lighter +10%#D9CDF9

Darker −10%#9571EF

Darker −20%#7243EA

Darker −30%#521AE0

Darker −40%#4114B3

More saturated +25%#B294FF

Less saturated −25%#BDACE7

Channel breakdown

R183

G159

B244

Red183 (71.8%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue244 (95.7%)

Hue256.94°

Saturation (HSL)79.44%

Lightness79.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B7 · G 9F · B F4

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