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Recognised as Colour

#B84BD8

  • #B84BD8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#B84BD8 is a violet with RGB values 184, 75, 216 and HSL 286°, 64%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#B84BD8#B84BD8
HEX#B84BD8
RGBrgb(184, 75, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.2941, 0.8471
RGB percentages72.2%, 29.4%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(286.4, 64.4%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.4, 65.3%, 84.7%)
CMYK14.8%, 65.3%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,078,040
CSS custom property--colour: #B84BD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#47B427

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1375DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5080D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B7658Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.5Dark orchid · ΔE 11.4Orchid · ΔE 23Dark magenta · ΔE 24.1Blue violet · ΔE 24.8Dark violet · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BD84B
Analogous#714BD8, #D84BB2
Triadic#D8B84B, #4BD8B8
Split complementary#B2D84B, #4BD871
Tetradic#D8714B, #6BD84B, #4BB2D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF3FC
Lighter +30%#EAC9F3
Lighter +20%#D99FEA
Lighter +10%#C975E1
Darker −10%#A22BC5
Darker −20%#80229B
Darker −30%#5D1971
Darker −40%#3B0F48
More saturated +25%#C730F3
Less saturated −25%#A966BD

Channel breakdown

R184
G75
B216
Red184 (72.2%)
Green75 (29.4%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue286.38°
Saturation (HSL)64.38%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G 4B · B D8

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