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Recognised as Colour

#B833D7

  • #B833D7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B833D7 is a violet with RGB values 184, 51, 215 and HSL 289°, 67%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B833D7#B833D7
HEX#B833D7
RGBrgb(184, 51, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.2, 0.8431
RGB percentages72.2%, 20%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(288.7, 67.2%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.7, 76.3%, 84.3%)
CMYK14.4%, 76.3%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,071,895
CSS custom property--colour: #B833D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.67:1
Contrast with white4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#47CC28

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F78D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B85684no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.7Dark violet · ΔE 16.4Medium orchid · ΔE 17.6Blue violet · ΔE 18.8Dark magenta · ΔE 26.7Fuchsia · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#52D733
Analogous#6633D7, #D733A4
Triadic#D7B833, #33D7B8
Split complementary#A4D733, #33D766
Tetradic#D76633, #52D733, #33A4D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3DEF8
Lighter +30%#E5B3F0
Lighter +20%#D688E8
Lighter +10%#C75EDF
Darker −10%#9823B4
Darker −20%#741B89
Darker −30%#50135E
Darker −40%#2C0A34
More saturated +25%#CB15F5
Less saturated −25%#A552B9

Channel breakdown

R184
G51
B215
Red184 (72.2%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue288.66°
Saturation (HSL)67.21%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G 33 · B D7

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