Colour

#B894F3

#B894F3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#B894F3 is a violet with RGB values 184, 148, 243 and HSL 263°, 80%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#B894F3

RGBrgb(184, 148, 243)

RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.5804, 0.9529

RGB percentages72.2%, 58%, 95.3%

HSLhsl(262.7, 79.8%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(262.7, 39.1%, 95.3%)

CMYK24.3%, 39.1%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,096,755

CSS custom property--colour: #B894F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.57:1

Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#476B0C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7CA5F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#83A5F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Tritanopia#ADA4B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.5 Plum · ΔE 21.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7 Violet · ΔE 24.7 Orchid · ΔE 24.9 Slate blue · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CFF394

Analogous#94A0F3, #E794F3

Triadic#F3B894, #94F3B8

Split complementary#F3E894, #9FF394

Tetradic#F394A0, #CFF394, #94F3E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F0FD

Lighter +10%#D6C2F8

Darker −10%#9A66EE

Darker −20%#7B38E9

Darker −30%#6018D6

Darker −40%#4B13A8

More saturated +25%#B588FF

Less saturated −25%#BCA3E4

Channel breakdown

R184

G148

B243

Red184 (72.2%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue243 (95.3%)

Hue262.74°

Saturation (HSL)79.83%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR B8 · G 94 · B F3

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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