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Recognised as Colour

#B880E8

  • #B880E8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#B880E8 is a violet with RGB values 184, 128, 232 and HSL 272°, 69%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#B880E8#B880E8
HEX#B880E8
RGBrgb(184, 128, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.502, 0.9098
RGB percentages72.2%, 50.2%, 91%
HSLhsl(272.3, 69.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.3, 44.8%, 91%)
CMYK20.7%, 44.8%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,091,624
CSS custom property--colour: #B880E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.29:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#477F17

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6796ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7599E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B191A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.5Orchid · ΔE 17.6Violet · ΔE 18.6Medium orchid · ΔE 20.5Slate blue · ΔE 22.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0E880
Analogous#8480E8, #E880E4
Triadic#E8B880, #80E8B8
Split complementary#E4E880, #80E884
Tetradic#E88480, #B0E880, #80E4E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8D6F8
Lighter +10%#D0ABF0
Darker −10%#A055E0
Darker −20%#882AD8
Darker −30%#6D20AF
Darker −40%#521884
More saturated +25%#B96DFB
Less saturated −25%#B793D5

Channel breakdown

R184
G128
B232
Red184 (72.2%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue272.31°
Saturation (HSL)69.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR B8 · G 80 · B E8

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