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Recognised as Colour

#B837DA

  • #B837DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B837DA is a violet with RGB values 184, 55, 218 and HSL 287°, 69%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B837DA#B837DA
HEX#B837DA
RGBrgb(184, 55, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.2157, 0.8549
RGB percentages72.2%, 21.6%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(287.5, 68.8%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.5, 74.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK15.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,072,922
CSS custom property--colour: #B837DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#47C825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F7AD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B75A87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.4Dark violet · ΔE 16.4Medium orchid · ΔE 17.2Blue violet · ΔE 18.3Dark magenta · ΔE 27.3Fuchsia · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#59DA37
Analogous#6737DA, #DA37AA
Triadic#DAB837, #37DAB8
Split complementary#ABDA37, #37DA67
Tetradic#DA6737, #59DA37, #37AADA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5E3FA
Lighter +30%#E6B8F2
Lighter +20%#D78DEA
Lighter +10%#C762E2
Darker −10%#9B23BB
Darker −20%#781B90
Darker −30%#541365
Darker −40%#300B3A
More saturated +25%#C919F8
Less saturated −25%#A755BC

Channel breakdown

R184
G55
B218
Red184 (72.2%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue287.48°
Saturation (HSL)68.78%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G 37 · B DA

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