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Recognised as Colour

#B83AE6

  • #B83AE6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#B83AE6 is a violet with RGB values 184, 58, 230 and HSL 284°, 77%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#B83AE6#B83AE6
HEX#B83AE6
RGBrgb(184, 58, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.2275, 0.902
RGB percentages72.2%, 22.7%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(284, 77.5%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 74.8%, 90.2%)
CMYK20%, 74.8%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,073,702
CSS custom property--colour: #B83AE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.79:1
Contrast with white4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#616161
Inverted#47C519

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original
Deuteranopia#327CE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.5 from the original
Tritanopia#B4618Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 11.2Dark violet · ΔE 13.6Blue violet · ΔE 14.8Medium orchid · ΔE 21.3Fuchsia · ΔE 27Magenta · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 11.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68E63A
Analogous#623AE6, #E63ABE
Triadic#E6B83A, #3AE6B8
Split complementary#BEE63A, #3AE662
Tetradic#E6623A, #68E63A, #3ABEE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9EFFD
Lighter +30%#E9C2F7
Lighter +20%#D995F1
Lighter +10%#C867EC
Darker −10%#A11BD2
Darker −20%#7F15A5
Darker −30%#5C0F78
Darker −40%#39094B
More saturated +25%#C421FF
Less saturated −25%#AB56CA

Channel breakdown

R184
G58
B230
Red184 (72.2%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue283.95°
Saturation (HSL)77.48%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G 3A · B E6

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